Light of those whose dreary dwelling

Verse 1
Light of those whose dreary dwelling
Borders on the shades of death,
Come, and by thy love’s revealing
Dissipate the clouds beneath:
The new heaven and earth’s Creator,
In our deepest darkness rise,
Scattering all the night of nature,
Pouring eye-sight on our eyes.

Verse 2
Still we wait for thy appearing,
Life and joy thy beams impart,
Chasing all our fears, and chearing
Every poor benighted heart.
Come, and manifest the favour
God hath for our ransom’d race;
Come, thou universal Saviour,
Come, and bring the gospel-grace.

Verse 3
Save us in thy great compassion,
O thou mild pacific Prince,
Give the knowledge of salvation,
Give the pardon of our sins;
By thine[1] all-redeeming[2] merit
Every burden’d[3] soul release,
Every weary wandring spirit
Guide into thy perfect peace.

[1] Wesley changed “thine” to “thy” in 1777.
[2] Wesley changed “all-redeemed” to “all-restoring” in 1745.
[3] Wesley changed “burden’d” to “burthen’d” in 1770.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, published by Charles Wesley (1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 116.
Publishing: Public Domain