Hymn · Morning

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Words by Charles Wesley, 17403 verses

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

Dark and cheerless is the mornUnaccompanied by Thee;Joyless is the day’s returnTill Thy mercy’s beams I see;Till they inward light impart,Cheer 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.

Words: Charles Wesley (1740). Public domain.