The Light and Glory of the Word

I

The Spirit breathes upon the word,
  And brings the truth to sight;
Precepts and promises afford
  A sanctifying light.

II

A glory gilds the sacred page,
  Majestic, like the sun;
It gives a light to every age,
  It gives, but borrows none.

III

The hand that gave it still supplies
  The gracious light and heat;
His truths upon the nations rise,
  They rise, but never set.

IV

Let everlasting thanks be thine
  For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine
  With beams of heav’nly day.

V

My soul rejoices to pursue
  The steps of Him I love,
Till glory breaks upon my view
  In brighter worlds above.