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Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Verse 1
Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, a rise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, a rise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near;
Day-star, in my heart appear.
Verse 2
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,
Cheer my eyes and warm my heart.
Unaccompanied by Thee;
Joyless is the day's return
Till Thy mercy's beams I see;
Till they inward light impart,
Cheer my eyes and warm my heart.
Verse 3
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.
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.
Charles Wesley's hymn comparing Christ to the sun combines theology with poetic imagery.