The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6815

6815. Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

1. Thou lovely source of true delight,
Whom I unseen adore;
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight,
That I may love Thee more.

2. Thy glory o’er creation shines;
But in Thy sacred Word,
I read in fairer, brighter lines,
My bleeding, dying Lord.

3. ’Tis here, whene’er my comforts droop,
And sins and sorrows rise,
Thy love with cheerful beams of hope,
My fainting heart supplies.

4. Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light,
O come with blissful ray;
Break radiant through the shades of night,
And chase my fears away.

5. Then shall my soul with rapture trace
The wonders of Thy love;
But the full glories of Thy face
Are only known above.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou lovely source of true delight
• Title: Thou Lovely Source of True Delight
• Author: Anne Steele (1760)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MARTYRDOM
• Composer: Hugh Wilson (1800)
• Arranger: Ralph E. Hud­son (ca. 1885)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 51651 23213 53213
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain