Verse 1
The world’s bright Day did then appear,
When present in his body here
Our Lord vouchsaf’d to shine:
His heavenly life and doctrine shew’d
The Majesty of real God,
Th’ eternal Light Divine.

Verse 2
But present in thy Spirit still,
Jesus, Thou dost Thyself reveal,
In this thy church below;
And every soul, though wrapt in night,
May see thine all-inlivening light,
And Thee his Saviour know.

Verse 3
Light of the world, appear to all,
To raise the nations from their fall,
Thy beams of glory dart,
Our sin and ignorance disperse,
And chear our gladden’d universe,
And shine in every heart.

Verse 4
Come, O Thou Day-spring from on high,
Forth from thy chamber in the sky
To poor benighted man,
That visited and led by Thee
We all our way to heaven may see,
And life eternal gain.