Eternal Beam of Light Divine

Verse 1
Eternal beam of light divine,
Fountain of unexhausted love,
In whom the Father’s glories shine,
Thro’ earth beneath, and heav’n above!

Verse 2
Jesu! The weary wand’rer’s rest;
Give me thy easy yoke to bear,
With stedfast patience arm my breast,
With spotless love and lowly fear.

Verse 3
Thankful I take the cup from thee,
Prepar’d and mingled by thy skill:
Tho’ bitter to the taste it be,
Pow’rful the wounded soul to heal.

Verse 4 Be thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh:
So shall each murm’ring thought be gone,
And grief, and fear, and care shall fly,
As clouds before the mid-day sun.

Verse 5
Speak to my warring passions, “Peace;”
Say to my trembling heart, “Be still:”
Thy pow’r my strength and fortress is,
For all things serve thy sov’reign will.

Verse 6
O death, where is thy sting? Where now
Thy boasted victory, O grave?
Who shall contend with God: or who
Can hurt whom God delights to save?

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "In Affliction." This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). 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 128.
Publishing: Public Domain