1 O Splendor of God's glory bright,
From light eternal bringing light;
Thou Light of life, light's living Spring,
True Day, all days illumining.
O Thou true Sun, on us Thy glance
Let fall in royal radiance,
The Spirit's sanctifying beam
Upon our earthly senses stream.
The Father, too, our prayers implore
Father of glory evermmore;
The Father of all grace and might,
To banish sin from our delight;
To guide whate'er we nobly do,
With love all envy to subdue,
To make illfortune turn to fair,
And give us grace our wrongs to bear.
Ambrose of Milan
The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition
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This hymn by Ambrose only occurs in about 45 hymnals, but it seems to have about that many variations. None of the versions at hymnary.org has the version here. Most of them also contain more verses. Follow the link and compare to your heart's content!
That's the final hymn in this hymnal; what follows now is responsive readings, orders of service, communion services, etc. I may or may not post on those. Expect a gap here and there for a week or two. Next I think I'll go through the United Methodist hymnal that replaced this one. By necessity there will be overlap, but I won't post the duplicates (but I think I've already said that).
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