Jesus Bids Us Shine
| Jesus Bids Us Shine | |
|---|---|
| by Susan Warner | |
 Susan Warner | |
| Genre | Hymn |
| Written | 1868 |
| Based on | Psalm 145 |
| Meter | 10.11.9.10 |
| Melody | by E. O. Excell |
"Jesus Bids Us Shine" is a children's hymn with words by Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885) and music by Edwin Othello Excell (1851-1921). It was first published in the children's magazine The Little Corporal in 1868. Actor Leo McKern was 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).
Lyrics
- Jesus bids us shine,
- With a pure, clear light,
- Like a little candle,
- Burning in the night.
- In this world is 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 grows 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 are found -
- Sin, and want, and sorrow;
- So we must shine,
- You in your small corner,
- And I in mine.
- Susan Warner
See also
- "You in Your Small Corner", a stage play, also televised in 1962