Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Text:	Charles Wesley	1740
Music:	Charles F. Gounod	1872
Tune:	Lux Prima	`7.7.7.7.7.7`
OHT Incipit:		`11132 17153 33543`

Christ, Whose glory fills the skies,
Christ the true, the only Light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Day-star in my heart appear.

Dark and cheerless is the morn
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return
Till Thy mercy's beams I see.
Till they inward light impart,
Glad my eyes and warm my heart.

Visit then this soul of mine;
Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, Radiancy divine;
Scatter all my unbelief;
More and more Thyself display,
Shining to the perfect day.

The Ames Hymn Collection

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