The Book of Praise ‎#817

817. O splendour of God's glory bright

1 O splendor of God’s glory bright,
from light eternal bringing light!
O 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 to our inward hearts convey
the Holy Spirit's cloudless ray.

3 And now to you our prayers ascend,
Creator, glorious without end;
we plead with sovereign grace for power
to conquer in temptation’s hour.

4 Confirm our will to do the right,
and keep our hearts from envy’s blight;
let faith its eager fires renew,
and hate the false, and love the true.

5 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.

Text Information

• First Line: O splendour of God's glory bright
• Title: O splendour of God's glory bright
• Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
• Translator: Louis Fitzgerald Benson, 1855-1930
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1997
• Scripture:
  Psalm 141:2
  ;
  Malachi 4:2
  ;
  John 1:4
  ;
  John 8:12
  ;
  John 9:5
  ;
  2 Peter 1:5
• Topic: God: Glory of; Jesus Christ: Word; Light; Morning; Prayer / Prayers / Poems
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: SOLEMNIS HAEC FESTIVITAS
• Harmonizer: Arthur Hutchings 1906-1989
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
• Key: D Major
• Source: Paris Gradual 1685
• Copyright: Harmony © Oxford University Press