Text: | Christ, whose glory fills the skies |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Tune: | RATISBON |
Adapter (attr.) and Harmonizer: | William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870 |
1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise!
Triumph over shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear!
2 Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day’s return
till thy mercy’s beams I see,
as they inward light impart,
glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
3 Visit then this soul of mine!
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief!
Fill me, radiancy divine;
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ, whose glory fills the skies |
Author: | Charles Wesley, 1707-1788 |
Meter: | 77. 77. 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RATISBON |
Adapter (attr.) and Harmonizer: | William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870 ( alt.) |
Meter: | 77. 77. 77 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn, 1524 (melody) |