O Very God of Very God

O ve­ry God of ve­ry God

And ve­ry Light of Light

Whose feet this earth’s dark val­ley trod

That so it might be bright.

Our hopes are weak

our fears are strong

Thick dark­ness binds our eyes;

Cold is the night

and O

we long

That Thou

our Sun

wouldst rise!

And ev­en now

though dull and gray

The east is bright­en­ing fast

And kind­ling to the per­fect day

That nev­er shall be past.

O guide us till our path is done

And we have reached the shore

Where Thou

our ev­er­last­ing sun

Art shin­ing ev­er­more.

We wait in faith

and turn our face

To where the day­light springs

Till Thou shalt come

our gloom to chase

With heal­ing in Thy wings.

To God the Fa­ther pow­er and might

Both now and ev­er be;

To Him that is the Light of Light

And Holy Ghost

to Thee.