Let the Lower Lights be Burning (Bliss, Philip Paul)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 verses
Composition Year	1871
Genre Categories	Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language

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Editor	Ira D. Sankey
Publisher. Info.	London: Morgan & Scott, ca. 1890.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Work Title	Let the Lower Lights be Burning
Alternative. Title	Brightly beams our Father's mercy
Composer	Bliss, Philip Paul
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IPB 2
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 verses
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1871
Librettist	composer
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	mixed chorus (SATB)

At night, a lighthouse provides the "upper light" but the lower lights on the ground are needed to safely sail a ship into the harbour.