GHS 114 : Brighten The Corner Where You Are Lyrics
GHS 114, “Brighten The Corner Where You Are,” is a hymn that challenges the idea that only grand acts of service count for God. Written by Ina Duley Ogdon after she gave up a planned speaking tour to care for her sick father at home, the hymn was born from the discovery that faithfulness in small, ordinary duties is its own form of ministry. The message is direct: do not wait for a great deed or a distant field. The person beside you right now may need your word, your song, your light more urgently than anyone far away.
The hymn is a timeless rebuke to the kind of restlessness that despises the local and the present in pursuit of something larger. This hymn appears as number 114 in the Gospel Hymns and Songs (GHS) collection, used in Deeper Life Bible Church and related assemblies across West Africa.
Hymn Lyrics – GHS 114: Brighten The Corner Where You Are
- Do not wait until some deed of greatness you may do, Do not wait to shed your light afar; To the many duties ever near you now be true, Brighten the corner where you are.
Brighten the corner where you are! Brighten the corner where you are! Someone far from harbor you may guide across the bar, Brighten the corner where you are.
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Just above are clouded skies that you may help to clear, Let not narrow self your way debar; Tho’ into one heart alone may fall your song of cheer, Brighten the corner where you are.
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Here for all your talent you may surely find a need, Here reflect the Bright and Morning Star, Even from your humble hand the bread of life may feed, Brighten the corner where you are.
