Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky (UMH 173)

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky
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Words: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

Music: J.G. Werner's Choralbuch; harm. by William H. Havergal

Tune: RATISBON; Meter: 77.77.77

1.  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; 

     Daystar, in my heart appear.

 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.

 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.