Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
488 Radiance
Words: Anne Steele, 1760
Music: Angharad Davis, 2014
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
Copyright: 2025 Sacred Harp Publishing Company
Thou lovely source of true delight,
Whom I unseen adore!
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight,
That I may love Thee more.
Thy glory o’er creation shines,
But in Thy sacred Word
I read in fairer, brighter lines
My bleeding, dying Lord.
Jesus! my Lord, my life, my light,
O come with blissful ray;
Break radiant through the shades of night,
And chase my fears away.
Then shall my soul with rapture trace
The wonders of Thy love;
But the full glories of Thy face
Are only known above.
Whom I unseen adore!
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight,
That I may love Thee more.
Thy glory o’er creation shines,
But in Thy sacred Word
I read in fairer, brighter lines
My bleeding, dying Lord.
Jesus! my Lord, my life, my light,
O come with blissful ray;
Break radiant through the shades of night,
And chase my fears away.
Then shall my soul with rapture trace
The wonders of Thy love;
But the full glories of Thy face
Are only known above.