title: Jesus Bids Us Shine
text: # Jesus Bids Us Shine
  
  "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
  