Jesus Bids Us Shine
Philippians 2:15
LITTLE CANDLE  |  Bible Passage
Author: Susan Warner, 1819-1885
Musician: Edwin O. Excell, 1851-1921
Arr. P. J. Mansfield

Jesus bids us shine, with a clear, pure light,
Like a little candle burning in the night;
In this world of darkness we must shine,
You in your small corner, and I in mine.

Jesus bids us shine, first of all for Him;
Well He sees and knows it if our light is dim;
He looks down from heaven, to see us shine,
You in your small corner, and I in mine.

Jesus bids us shine, then, for all around
Many kinds of darkness in this world abound—
Sin, and want, and sorrow: so we must shine,
You in your small corner, and I in mine.

BIBLE PASSAGE:

15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;