Monday Meditation: Only A Beam Of Sunshine

 

"It was a cold, rainy day, and everything had gone wrong with me during that morning.
I realized the fault was mine; but that did not help the matter.  About noon the sky began
to clear; and a friend, standing near me said, "'There is only a beam of sunshine, but oh,
it is warm and bright'; and on the impulse of the moment I wrote this hymn."
-Fanny Crosby 

  

"Let There Be Light"
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 Only a beam of sunshine,

But oh, it was warm and bright;

The heart of a weary traveler

Was cheered by its welcome sight.

Only a beam of sunshine;

That fell from the arch above:

And tenderly, softly whispered

A message of peace and love. 

Only a word for Jesus

Only a whispered prayer,

Over some grief worn spirit

May rest like a sunbeam fair! 

Only a beam of sunshine

That into a dwelling crept;

Where, over a fading rosebud,

A mother her vigil kept.

Only a beam of sunshine

That smiled through her falling tears,

And showed her the bow of promise,

Forgotten perhaps for years. 

Only a word for Jesus,

Oh, speak it in His dear name,

To perishing souls around you

The message of love proclaim.

Go, like a faithful sunbeam,

Your mission of joy fulfill;

Remember the Savior's promise,

That He will be with you still.

 

Only a word for Jesus

Only a whispered prayer,

Over some grief worn spirit

May rest like a sunbeam fair!

 

"Only A Beam Of Sunshine"
(1884)
Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby
(1820-1915)
Prolific American hymn writer
and evangelist