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Text:Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Author:Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Tune:RATISBON
Arranger:W. H. Monk (1823*1889)

233. 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,
cheer 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
Title: Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies
Author: Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Jesus Christ: Glory and Praise
Tune Information
Name: RATISBON
Arranger: W. H. Monk (1823*1889)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Incipit: 55671 17615 34213
Key: D Major
Source: J. G. Werner's Choralbuch, 1815



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