Hail, glad­den­ing Light, of His pure glo­ry poured,
Who is im­mor­tal Fa­ther, heav­en­ly blest;
Highest and ho­li­est—Je­sus Christ our Lord!
Now are we come to the sun’s hour of rest;
All times are or­dered in Thy Word alone,
Therefore the day and night Thy glo­ries own.

The lights of ev­en­ing now around us shine;
We hymn Thy blest hu­man­ity di­vine;
Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung,
By grate­ful hearts, with un­de­fil­èd tongue,
Son of our God, Giv­er of life, alone!
Therefore shall all the worlds Thy glor­ies own.