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?