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John 8: O For that cheering light
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
O For that cheering light.
That Light of life within,
Which scatters all the shades of night,
The hellish gloom of sin!
Jesus Thyself impart,
Light of the world, remove
This unbelief, and fill my heart
With all the life of love.
Resolved, I follow Thee,
J'ill Thou Thy love reveal
In feeble faith's obscurity,
My deadly darkness feel;
Believing against hope,
The promise I embrace,
And I shall soon be lifted up,
And I shall see Thy face.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 8: O For that cheering light.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5678/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 8: O For that cheering light.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5678/.
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