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                "Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies"



                     by Charles Wesley (1707-1788)



                 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 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.



                          

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NOTE: This text has largely dropped out of current usage, and it is

time that it be restored.  If you spend a little effort understanding

the words, you will see how powerful and beautiful they are. When sung, it

has usually been to the tune LUX PRIMA, by Charles F. Gounod (1872).

Gounod probably had the same reaction I did: This is a great poem, but

it needs another melody. My new hymn tune OMNIA GLORIA was directly 

inspired by this text, when I first read the words.





                                                     WEM





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