O Splendor of God's Glory Bright

This morning, I was refreshed by a deep reading of "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright", which was written by the 4th Century Bishop, Ambrose. (translated 1910 by Louis Benson)

O splendor of God’s glory bright,

From light eternal bringing light,

Thou Light of light, light’s living Spring,

True Day, all days illumining.

Come, very Sun of Heaven’s love,

In lasting radiance from above,

And pour the Holy Spirit’s ray

On all we think or do today.

And now to Thee our pray’rs ascend,

O Father glorious without end;

We plead with Sovereign Grace for pow’r

To conquer in temptation’s hour.

Confirm our will to do the righ,

And keep our hearts from envy’s blight;

Let faith her eager fires renew,

And hate the false, and love the true.

O joyful be the passing day

With thoughts as pure as morning’s ray,

With faith like noontide shining bright,

Our souls unshadowed by the night.

Dawn’s glory gilds the earth and skies,

Let Him, our prefect Morn, arise,

The Word in God the Father one,

The Father imaged by the Son

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