Common Praise ‎#2

2. Christ, whose glory fills the skies

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,
glad 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ, whose glory fills the skies
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: 77 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  2 Peter 1:19
  ;
  John 1:9
  ;
  Luke 1:78
  ;
  Malachi 4:2
  ;
  Mark 9:24
  ;
  Proverbs 4:18
• Topic: Morning; Lent IV: Year A; Proper 4: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: RATISBON
• Meter: 77 77 77
• Key: D Major
• Source: Melody from Werner's Choralbuch, Leipzig, 1815