Scripture Verse

The Lord God is a sun and shield. Psalm 84:11

Introduction

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Charles Wesley
1707–1788

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns 1762, cen­to.

Music: Ev­an Will­iam H. Ha­ver­gal, 1847. Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son in the New Car­mi­na Sac­ra (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: 1850) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lowell Mason
1792–1872

Lyrics

Eternal Sun of righteousness,
Display Thy beams divine,
And cause the glory of Thy face
Upon my heart to shine.

Light, in Thy light, oh, may I see,
Thy grace and mercy prove,
Revived, and cheered, and blest by Thee,
The God of pardoning love.

Lift up Thy countenance serene,
And let Thy happy child
Behold, without a cloud between,
The Father reconciled.

On me Thy promised grace bestow,
The peace by Jesus giv’n;
The joys of holiness below,
And then the joys of Heav’n.