1
Jesus bids us shine
With a pure, clear light,
Like a little candle
Burning in the night.
In this world of darkness
So let us shine ¡ª
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.
2
Jesus bids us shine,
First of all for Him
Well He sees and knows it,
If our light grows dim.
He looks down from Heaven
To see us shine ¡ª
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.
3
Jesus bids us shine,
Then, for all around
Many kinds of darkness
In the world are found ¡ª
Sin and want and sorrow
So we must shine ¡ª
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.
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Words: Susan B. Warner, in The Little Corporal (Chicago, Illinois: 1868).
Music: Edwin O. Excell
(From Cyberhymnal)
Jesus bids us shine