Christ, whose glory fills the skies, Christ the true

Verse 1
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of righteousness, arise,
Triumph o’er the shades of night:
Day-Spring from on high, be near:
Day-Star, in my heart appear.

Verse 2
Dark and chearless is the morn
Unaccompanied by thee,
Joyless is the day’s return,
Till thy mercy’s beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes, and warm my heart.

Verse 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 thyself display
Shining to the perfect day.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1740). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 224.
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