Hymn of the Day: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true and only light,
Sun of righteousness, arise;
Triumph o’er the shades of night.
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, 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.
– Charles Wesley, 1740
RATISBON German folk melody; adapt. Johann Werner, 1815

Photo: Adoration of the Magi by Claude Vignon, c. 1619, creative commons 2.0