Eternal Beam of Light Divine

Verse 1
Eternal beam of light divine, (Isa. 60:19-20, I Jn. 1:5, Rev. 21:23)
Fountain of unexhausted love, (Jer. 31:3, Ps. 36:9)
In whom the Father’s glories shine, (Heb. 1:3, John 1:14)
Thro’ earth beneath, and heav’n above!

Verse 2
Jesu! The weary wand’rer’s rest; (Matt. 11:28)
Give me thy easy yoke to bear, (Matt. 11:29-30)
With stedfast patience arm my breast,
With spotless love and lowly fear.

Verse 3
Thankful I take the cup from thee, (Matt. 26:39, Matt. 26:42, Mark 14:36, Luke 22:42, John 18:11)
Prepar’d and mingled by thy skill: (Ps. 75:8)
Tho’ bitter to the taste it be, (Matt. 26:39)
Pow’rful the wounded soul to heal. (Ps. 147:3, Isa. 53:5, I Pet. 2:24)

Verse 4
Be thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh: (Deut. 32:4, Ps. 18:2, Ps. 61:2, Ps. 62:6-7, Isa. 26:4)
So shall each murm’ring thought be gone, (Phil. 2:14, I Cor. 10:10)
And grief, and fear, and care shall fly, (Rev. 21:4)
As clouds before the mid-day sun.

Verse 5
Speak to my warring passions, “Peace;” (John 14:27)
Say to my trembling heart, “Be still:” (Matt. 8:26, Mark 4:39, Luke 8:24, Ps. 46:10)
Thy pow’r my strength and fortress is, (Ps. 18:2, Ps. 71:3)
For all things serve thy sov’reign will. (Rom. 8:28, Ps. 119:91)

Verse 6
O death, where is thy sting? Where now (I Cor. 15:55-56)
Thy boasted victory, O grave? (I Cor. 15:55-56, Hos. 13:14)
Who shall contend with God: or who (Isa. 50:8-9, Rom. 8:31-34)
Can hurt whom God delights to save? (John 10:28-29, Rom. 8:38-39, Ps. 118:6)