p. 8 | Thou Sun of Righteousness by WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 11, 1908

Thou Sun of Righteousness

By WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

JESUS, the Christ,— thou Light of all the world, Enshrouding all who breathe the breath of life, Illuminating every mind to know Of right and wrong, which was by nature blind,— Thy radiance floods our souls, and yet so still We scarcely sense its coming and its power, Just as the dawn that shineth more and more Until the perfect day.

And like the sun That shineth o’er our world, thou dost delight The souls of men,— the simple and the wise,— For all may joy alike who share thy light, And bask within the sunshine of thy love.

Yet to the soul who yearns to know the depths Of knowledge hid therein, thy Word unfolds Through its prismatic crystals more and more Its varied beauty. Ne’er can we discern Its heights and depths, nor fathom nor explore.

Immanuel, we glory in thy light, And glorying are glorified thereby.

Full brightness of the glory of our God We can not now endure, but in thy courts, Wherein the Lamb shall be the light thereof, There we shall dwell in its effulgent day. Darkness and sin fore’er shall flee away. Though now we dim behold, as through a glass, We then shall see his face, and know his will Even as we are known,— and dwell for aye Within the splendor of eternal day.

Portland, Ore.