This Night a Wondrous Revelation

This night a won­drous re­ve­la­tion

Makes known to me God’s love and grace;

The Child that mer­its ad­or­ation

Brings light to our be­night­ed race;

And though a thou­sand suns did shine

Still bright­er were that Light di­vine.

The Sun of Grace for thee is beam­ing;

Rejoice

my soul

in Je­sus’ birth!

The light from yon­der man­ger stream­ing

Sends forth its rays o’er all the earth.

It drives the night of sin away

And turns our dark­ness into day.

This Light

which all thy gloom can ban­ish

The bliss of heav­en glo­ri­fies;

When sun and moon and stars shall van­ish

Its rays shall still il­lume the skies.

This light through all eter­ni­ty

Thy heav­en and all to thee shall be.

O Je­sus

pre­cious Sun of Glad­ness

Fill Thou my soul with light

I pray.

Dispel the gloomy night of sad­ness

And teach Thou me this Christ­mas Day

How I a child of light may be

Aglow with light that comes from Thee.