1 O Splendor of God's glory bright,
From light eternal bringing light,
Thou Light of light, light's living Spring,
True Day, all days illumining:
2 Come, very Sun of heaven's love,
In lasting radiance from above,
And pour the Holy Spirit's ray
On all we think or do today.
3 And now to thee our pray'rs ascend,
O Father, glorious without end;
We plead with Sovereign Grace for pow'r
To conquer in temptation's hour.
4 Confirm our will to do the right,
And keep our hearts from envy's blight;
Let faith her eager fires renew,
And hate the false, and love the true.
5 O joyful be the passing day
With thoughts as pure as morning's ray,
With faith like noontide shining bright,
Our souls unshadowed by the night.
6 Dawn's glory gilds the earth and skies,
Let him, our perfect Morn, arise,
The Word in God the Father one,
The Father imaged in the Son.
Amen.
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First Line: | O Splendor of God's glory bright |
Title: | O Splendor of God's Glory Bright |
Author: | Ambrose of Milan, 340-397 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Worship of God |
Source: | Tr. compiled by Louis F. Benson, 1910 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg, 1690 |