Walk in the light: so shalt thou know
That fellowship of love
His Spirit only can bestow
Who reigns in light above.
Walk in the light: and sin abhorred
Shall ne’er defile again;
The blood of Jesus Christ thy Lord
Shall cleanse from every stain.
Walk in the light: and e’en the tomb
No fearful shade shall wear;
Glory shall chase away its gloom,
For Christ has conquered there.
Walk in the light: and thine shall be
A path, though thorny, bright;
For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee,
And God Himself is light.
About the writer: Bernard Barton was born in London in 1784 and was educated at a Quaker school in Ipswich. In 1810 he was employed at a local bank in Suffolk, where he remained forty years. He was the author of 10 small volumes of verse between 1812 and 1845. From these books some twenty pieces have come into common use as hymns. He died in Woodbridge in 1849. His daughter published his Poems and Letters, 1849, after his death.
Key Verse: This is the message he has given us to announce to you: God is light and there is no darkness in him at all. –1 John 1:5