Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies

Text written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Sung to RATISBON, from J. G. Werner's "Choralbuch, 1815" arranged by W. H. Monk (1823-1889)

Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies, arr. Healey Willan

Malachi 4:2 But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. 

John 1:9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

2 Peter 1:19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 

V. 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.

V. 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.

Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;

they do not know what makes them stumble.

V. 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.