Stream from the fount of heav'n-ly grace, Brook by the trav'ller's way; A men.

SPRINGTIME C. M.

William H. Monk, 1823-89

The Spirit breathes up

· on the word, And brings the truth to sight;

Pre-cepts and prom - is es afford A sanctifying light. A-men.

1 THE Spirit breathes upon the word,

And brings the truth to sight;

Precepts and promises afford

A sanctifying light.

2 A glory gilds the sacred page,
Majestic like the sun;

It gives a light to every age;
It gives, but borrows none.

3 The hand that gave it still supplies
The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise;
They rise, but never set.

4 Let everlasting thanks be Thine,

For such a bright display

As makes a world of darkness shine

With beams of heavenly day.

William Cowper, 1779

Truth un-changed, un- changing, O Light of our dark sky,