Text: | Christ whose glory fills the skies |
Author: | C. Wesley (1707-1788) |
Tune: | RATISBON |
Harmonizer: | W. H. 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
till your mercy's beams I see;
joyless is the day's return
till your glories shine on me:
as they inward light impart,
cheer 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 yourself display,
shining to the perfect day!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Christ whose glory fills the skies |
Author: | C. Wesley (1707-1788) |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1987 |
Topic: | God's World: Days and Nights: Morning; The Creation; Advent 3: The Forerunner(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RATISBON |
Harmonizer: | W. H. Havergal (1793-1870) |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Melody from J. G. Werner's Choralbuch Leipzig 1815 |