Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Eternal Beam of light divine

  • No. 750
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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Eternal Beam of light divine,Thou Fount of unexhausted love,In whom the Father's glories shine,Through earth beneath, and heaven above;Jesus, the weary wanderer's rest,Give me thy easy yoke to bear,With steadfast patience arm my breast,With spotless love and lowly fear.

2

Thankful I take the cup from thee,Prepared and mingled by thy skill;Though bitter to the taste it be,Powerful the wounded soul to heal.Be thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh!So shall each murmuring thought be gone,And grief, and fear, and care shall fly,As clouds before the midday sun.

3

Speak to my warring passions, "Peace;"Say to my trembling heart, "Be still;"Thy power my strength and fortress is,For all things serve thy sovereign will.O death! where is thy sting? Where nowThy boasted victory, O grave?Who shall contend with God? or whoCan hurt whom God delights to save?

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «750» (large) at the foot of the left column of p. 244, under the music and stanzas of hymn 749, with the italic reference line «518, 994.» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 518 or 994; the line ends with a period). Three stanzas of eight lines, numbered «1»–«3» without a full stop (written «1.»–«3.» here): stanza 1 begins at the foot of the left column and its last four lines («Jesus, the weary wanderer's rest, …») continue at the head of the right column; stanzas 2 and 3 follow in the right column. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print (kept here). Two verse lines are too long for the column and run over onto a second, further-indented print line: «Through earth beneath, and heaven / above;» (stanza 1) and «So shall each murmuring thought be / gone,» (stanza 2) — each is ONE verse line here. The first word «ETERNAL» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Eternal» here). «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. No meter is printed (the text is L. M. D., like the tunes referred to). The print's thin space before «!», «;» and «?» is closed up; the double quotation marks of stanza 3 and the apostrophes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Guidance and Protection · No. 750 · printed page 244
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02