Text: | Eternal Light! Eternal Light! |
Author: | Thomas Binney |
Tune: | NEWCASTLE |
Composer: | Henry L. Morley |
1 ETERNAL Light! Eternal Light!
How pure the soul must be,
When, placed within Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but, with calm delight,
Can live, and look on Thee!
2 The spirits that surround Thy throne
May bear the burning bliss;
But that is surely theirs alone,
Since they have never, never known
A fallen world like this.
3 Oh, how shall I, whose native sphere
Is dark, whose mind is dim,
Before the Ineffable appear,
And on my naked spirit bear
The uncreated beam?
4 There is a way for man to rise
To that sublime abode:
An offering and a sacrifice,
A Holy Spirit’s energies,
An advocate with God,—
5 These, these prepare us for the sight
Of Holiness above:
The sons of ignorance and night
May dwell in the Eternal Light,
Through the Eternal Love!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Eternal Light! Eternal Light! |
Title: | Eternal Light! Eternal Light! |
Author: | Thomas Binney |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Worship: Aspiration |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NEWCASTLE |
Composer: | Henry L. Morley |
Meter: | 8.6.8.8.6. |
Incipit: | 11772 21135 41233 |
Key: | G Major or modal |