While waiting for the summer sun
The winter fire is warm and bright
And though tomorrow's dawn is sure
A lamp we kindle for tonight
Oh, book of life
Though art my rest
Thy beam how friendly and how clear
By waters sounding in the dark
I travel on and will not fear
And oft I rest in shelter safe
And feel the fires kindly glow
Thy church, my home, my promise lord
Still brightest when the dark storms blow
Oh, book of life
Thou art my lamp
They beam how friendly and how clear
By waters sounding in the dark
I travel on and will not fear
Take comfort then, my soul, and wait
For all thy saviour said would come
That summer and that day so great
The last and lasting light and bloom
Oh book of life
Thou art my lamp
Thy beam how friendly and how clear
By waters sounding in the dark
I travel on and will not fear
I travel on and will not fear
