Stealing from the World Away
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w: Ray Palmer, 1834
m: Ira David Sankey, 1893
Tune: An Evening Prayer

[Verse 1]
Stealing from the world away,
We are come to seek Thy face;
Kindly meet us, Lord, we pray,
Grant us Thy reviving grace.

[Verse 2]
Yonder stars that gild the sky
Shine but with a borrowed light:
We, unless Thy light be nigh,
Wander, wrapped in gloomy night.

[Verse 3]
Sun of righteousness, dispel
All our darkness, doubts and fears:
May Thy light within us dwell,
Till eternal day appears.

[Verse 4]
Warm our hearts in pray'r and praise,
Lift our ev'ry thought above;
Hear the grateful songs we raise,
Fill us with Thy perfect love.