603--Eternal Light! Eternal Light!

Eternal Light! Eternal Light!

603

	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;
		And Offering and a Sacrifice,
		A Holy Spirit's energies,
		And 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.