ETERNAL LIGHT
1. Eternal Light!
Eternal Light!
How pure the soul
must be!
When, placed within
Thy searching sight,
It shrinks not, but
with calm delight
Can live and look
on Thee.
2. The spirits that
surround Thy throne
May bear the
burning bliss;
But that is surely
theirs alone,
Since they have
never, never known
A fallen world like
this.
3. Oh, how shall I,
whose native sphere
Is dark, whose mind
is dim,
Before th'
Ineffable appear,
And on my natural
spirit bear
The uncreated beam?
4. There is a way
for man to rise
To Thee, sublime
Abode;
An Offering and a
Sacrifice,
A Holy Spirit's
energies,
An Advocate with
God.
5. These, these
prepare us for the sight
Of holiness above;
The sons of
ignorance and night
May dwell in the
eternal Light,
Through the eternal
Love.
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