Eternal beam of light divine
Eternal beam of light divine. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788).
From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739). It was entitled ‘In Affliction’. It had six stanzas:
Eternal Beam of Light Divine,
Fountain of unexhausted Love,
In whom the Father’s Glories shine,
Thro’ Earth beneath, and Heaven above!
Jesu! The weary Wand’rer’s Rest;
Give me thy easy Yoke to bear,
With stedfast Patience arm my Breast,
With spotless Love, and holy Fear.
Thankful I take the Cup from Thee,
Prepar’d and mingled with Thy Skill:
Tho’ bitter to the Taste it be,
Pow’rful the wounded Soul to heal.
Be Thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh:
So shall each murm’ring Thought be gone,
And Grief, and Fear, and Care...
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