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).

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

• "You in Your Small Corner", a stage play, also televised in 1962

• Jesus Bids Us Shine at The Internet Archive.
• Free download at Hymnswithoutwords.com