Jesus Bids us Shine
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Jesus Bids us Shine is a children's hymn with words by Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885) amd music by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921). It was first published in the children's magazine The Little Corporal in 1868. Actor Leo McKern is heard singing the famous last line You in your small corner, And I in mine in the comedic film Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968).
- Jesus bids us shine,
- With a pure, clear light,
- Like a little candle,
- Burning in the night
- In this world of darkness,
- So let us 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 growss 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.
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- Susan Warner
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