Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Brethren cast your eyes around
Topic: Rejoicing in God
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 7s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 83
Page Number: 086, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBrethren, cast your eyes around
Light divine comes flowing down,
God unveils his shining face,
Fills us with his heav'nly grace.
Let us all embrace the light,
Walk as in God's holy sight;
In his blessed image shine,
Fellowship, the love divine.
Tho' by nature heirs of wrath,
We have tried a bloody bath;
It has cleansed the poison out,
Scattered every painful doubt.
We by grace are justified,
In this grace we still abide,
And this grace, we all agree,
Is to every sinner free.
We will sing and shout and pray,
Till we reach eternal day;
And when all these scenes are past,
Still our fellowship shall last.
Still the little shouting band,
Shall in perfect union stand,
And the exercise be one,
Round the everlasting throne.