Bright as the Sun’s Meridian Blaze

Bright as the sun’s me­ri­di­an blaze

Vast as the bless­ings He con­veys

Wide as His reign from pole

And per­ma­nent as His con­trol.

So

Je­sus

let Thy king­dom come;

Then sin and hell’s ter­ri­fic gloom

Shall at His bright­ness flee away

The dawn of an eter­nal day.

Then shall the hea­then

filled with awe

Learn the blest know­ledge of Thy law

And an­ti­christ on ev­ery shore

Fall from his throne to rise no more.

Then shall Thy lof­ty praise re­sound

On Af­ric’s shores…thro’ In­dia’s ground:

And is­lands of the south­ern sea

Shall stretch their ea­ger arms to Thee.

Then shall the Jew and Gen­tile meet

In pure de­vo­tion at Thy feet:

And earth shall yield Thee

as Thy due

Her full­ness

and her glo­ry

too.

O that our na­tion now might shine

This heav’n­ly light

this truth di­vine:

’Till the whole uni­verse shall be

But one great tem­ple

Lord

to Thee.