When Jesus darts his glorious light,
All heaven is ravish’d with the sight,
The cherubs strike their golden lyres,
The seraphs glow with brighter fires:
But when Jesus shews his face,
All are hush’d and lost in praise!
When Jesus darts His glorious light
Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns for Children (Bristol: E. Farley, 1763). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 6 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 455.
Publishing: Public Domain