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WE BLESS TH’ETERNAL SOURCE OF LIGHT

Scripture Verse

These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. Revelation 2:1

Introduction

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John B. Herbert (1852–1927)

Words: Phi­lip Dodd­ridge (1702–1751). Pub­lished post­hu­mous­ly in Hymns Found­ed on Va­ri­ous Texts in the Ho­ly Scrip­tures, by Job Or­ton (Shrop­shire, Eng­land: Jo­shua Ed­dowes & John Cot­ton, 1755), num­ber 352: Christ’s care of min­is­ters and church­es.

Music: La­fay­ette John B. Her­bert, 1890 (🔊 ).

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Philip Doddridge
(1702–1751)

Lyrics

We bless th’eter­nal Source of light,
Who makes the stars to shine;
And, through this dark be­cloud­ed world,
Diffuseth rays di­vine.

We bless the church­es’ so­ver­eign king,
Whose gold­en lamps we are;
Fixed in the tem­ples of His love
To shine with ra­di­ance fair.

Still be our pu­ri­ty be pre­served;
Still fled with oil the flame;
And in deep char­ac­ters in­scribed
Our heav­en­ly mas­ter’s name.

Then, while be­tween our ranks He walks
And all our state sur­veys,
His smiles shall with new lus­ter deck
The peo­ple of His praise.