Desire of Every Nation

Desire of ev­ery na­tion

Light of the Gen­tiles

Thou!

In fer­vent ad­or­ation

Before Thy throne we bow;

Our hearts and tongues ad­ore Thee

Blest Day­spring from the skies.

Like in­cense sweet be­fore Thee

Permit our songs to rise.

Thou her­ald of the morn­ing

They who in dark­ness dwell

Behold Thy bright­ness dawn­ing

O’er realms of Is­ra­el.

With glo­ri­ous beams un­cloud­ed

Thy all-trans­cend­ent light

Dispels the gloom that shroud­ed

Earth’s dark and dis­mal night.

Arise and shine in splen­dor

Thou bright and morn­ing Star!

The Gen­tiles come to ren­der

Their gifts from realms afar.

The word by pro­phets spok­en

In truth is now ful­filled.

And yearn­ing hearts

once brok­en

With sweet­est hope are filled.

Arise and bring sal­va­tion

To all who dwell be­low

Let earth in ju­bi­lation

Reflect Thy ra­di­ant glow.

O long ex­pect­ed Sav­ior

Thou hope of Is­ra­el

Let Gen­tiles gain Thy fa­vor

And of Thy glo­ry tell.

Our life and re­sur­rect­ion

Lord Je­sus Christ

Thou art;

O shed Thy light’s re­flect­ion

To earth’s re­mot­est part;

Let Gen­tile tongues con­fess Thee

Rejoicing in Thy light

The ran­somed thou­sands bless Thee

Thou hast dis­pelled the night.