The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11325

11325. We Bless Th'Eternal Source Of Light

1 We bless th’ eternal Source of light,
Who makes the stars to shine;
And, through this dark beclouded world,
Diffuseth rays divine.

2 We bless the churches’ sovereign king,
Whose golden lamps we are;
Fixed in the temples of His love
To shine with radiance fair.

3 Still be our purity be preserved;
Still fled with oil the flame;
And in deep characters inscribed
Our heavenly master’s name.

4 Then, while between our ranks He walks
And all our state surveys,
His smiles shall with new luster deck
The people of His praise.

Text Information

• First Line: We bless th’eternal Source of light
• Title: We Bless Th'Eternal Source Of Light
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns, Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures by Job Orton (Shropshire, England: Joshua Eddowes & John Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LAFAYETTE
• Composer: John Bunyan Herbert (1890)
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain