Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1791)/Knowledge of God

Shine forth, eternal Source of Light, And make thy glories known; Fill my enlarg'd, adoring sight With lustre all thine own.

Vain are the charms, and faint the rays The brightest creatures boast; And all their grandeur and their praise Are in thy presence lost.

To know the Author of our frame Is our sublimest skill: True science is to read thy Name, True life t'obey thy will.

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1 Shine forth, eternal source* of light, And make thy glories known; Fill our enlargM adoring sight With lustre all thy own.

2 Vain are the charms, and faint the rays The brightest creatures boast; And all their grandeur, and their praise Is in thy presence lost.

3 To know the author of our frame Is our sublimest skill: True science is to read thy name, True life t' obey thy will.


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4 For this I long, for this I pray, And following on pursue, Till visions of eternal day Fix and complete the view.