The Guiding Light of Eternity

CelticCapital7O God, you brought me from the rest of last night
to the joyous light of this your day.
Bring me from the new light of this your day
to the guiding light of eternity.
Oh! from the new light of this your day
to the guiding light of eternity.

Source: Kenneth the Carpenter, written down by Dr. Donald Munro Morrison, (1889) Carmina Gadelica, Hymns and Incantations…, Vol. I, p.33. English translation modified.

Graphic is from Carmina Gadelica, Hymns and Incantations…, Vol. I, p. 32

 

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pastorstratman

Lutheran pastor and musician serving St. Stephen's in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

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