In Him No Darkness At All
| 1. Summer suns are glowing over land and sea; happy light is flowing bountiful and free. Everything rejoices in the mellow rays; all earth’s thousand voices swell the psalm of praise. 2. God’s free mercy streameth | 3. Lord, upon our blindness thy pure radiance pour; for thy loving-kindness make us love thy more. And, when clouds are drifting dark across the sky, then, the veil uplifting, Father, still thou nigh. 4. We will never doubt thee, |
– Walsham How (1823-1897)
Sung by Susan Diamond
Commentary: Walsham How was a English bishop and hymnodist is perhaps best remembered for the hymn “For All the Saints, Who from their Labours Rest,” which is still part of the Anglican hymn repertoire. The joyful “In Him No Darkness At All” first appeared in a hymn collection in 1871. As a bishop whose province of the working class East End of London, How worked tirelessly to help the lives of the poor, especially women and children.
