The Apostle John says in 1 John 1:5, "This is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him, is no darkness at all."

Ron Hinson wrote the song, "The Lighthouse," in 1970, when he was a teenager.  He and his siblings had formed a singing quartet after hearing the Speer family.  After writing the song, Ron decided to bicycle thirty miles to see the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Santa Cruz, California.  He had never seen a lighthouse, and he knew God had a part in ochestrating the song.

There's a Lighthouse on the hillside

That overlooks life's sea

When I'm tossed it sends out a light

That I might see

And the light that shines in darkness now

Will safely lead us o'er

If it wasn't for the Lighthouse

My ship would be no more

The line, "There is a lighthouse on the hillside" reminds us of the cross which was on a hillside.

And I thank God for the Lighthouse

I owe my life to Him

For Jesus is the Lighthouse

And from the rocks of sin

He has shown a light around me

That I could clearly see

If it wasn't for the Lighthouse (tell me)

Where would this ship be?

People today still like to look at lighthouses.  In the second verse, Ron wrote:

Everybody that lives about us

Says tear that Lighthouse down

The big ships don't sail this way anymore

There's no use of it standing round

It is said the same of the gospel of Christ, but it is forever.  We still can be tossed around by different philosphies and sin.  Modern has turned to post-modern.  We thank God for His light.

Then my mind goes back to that stormy night

When just in time I saw the light

Yes, the light from that old Lighthouse

That stands up there on the hill. 

The style of the music is Southern Gospel.  The song became very popular.