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Worship — Holy Scriptures

Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays

  • No. 186
  • Words John Buttress.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Hail, sacred truth! whose piercing rays
Dispel the shades of night,
Diffusing o'er a ruined world
The healing beams of light.

2

Jesus, thy word, with friendly aid,
Restores our wandering feet;
Converts the sorrows of the mind
To joys divinely sweet.

3

O send thy light and truth abroad,
In all their radiant blaze;
And bid the admiring world adore
The glories of thy grace.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «186», reference line «175, 120, 669.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 175, 120 or 669); the whole hymn stands at the foot of the right column of p. 64, below hymn 185; «John Buttress.» in italics (swash «J») at the end. The first word «HAIL» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («truth !», «feet ;», «blaze ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («o'er»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Holy Scriptures · No. 186 · printed page 64
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30