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Eternal Light! Eternal Light!

by Thomas Binney

Representative text

As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 85 — the newest hymnal carrying it.

Verse 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!

Verse 2

The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss; But surely that is theirs alone, Who, undefiled, have never known A fallen world like this.

Verse 3

O 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?

Verse 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.

Verse 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!

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