Surrounded with the golden blaze

Verse 1
Surrounded with the golden blaze,
Hid in the secret of his face,
Receiv’d within the lucid cloud,
Caught to the bosom of our God,
A voice shall bless us from the throne,
“This is my well-beloved Son,
“Th’ essential Truth, and Life Divine,
“Thro’ everlasting ages thine.[”]

Verse 2
Faithful and good, thy Saviour hear,
And seeing live, all eye, all ear,
Hear him, and let thy joys abound,
And fall transported at the sound,
The utmost powers of music prove,
Be fed, be feasted, with his love,
And while eternity glides on,
Thy banquet is but just begun.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘There was a cloud that overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.’—[Mark 9,] v. 7.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/574, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 22.
Publishing: Public Domain