Hymn: O blessed Sun whose splendor
- Title: O Blessed Sun Whose Splendor
- First Line: O blessed Sun whose splendor
- Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary
- Denomination: Evangelical Lutheran Synod
- Publisher: MorningStar Music Publishers Inc.
- Publication Date: 1996
Author(s)
- Author Name: Karl Johann Philipp Spitta
- Born: 1801
- Died: 1859
- Gender: M
- Author Name: Richard Massie
- Born: 1800
- Died: 1887
- Gender: M
Full Text
1 O blessed Sun whose splendor Dispels the shades of night; O Jesus, my Defender, My souls' supreme delight, Though fortune should bereave me Of all I love the best, If Thou Thy love still leave me, I freely give the rest. 2 I know no life divided, O Lord of life, from Thee; In Thee is life provided For all mankind and me; I know no death, O Jesus, Because I live in Thee; Thy death it is which frees us From death eternally. 3 Lord, with this truth impress me, And write it on my heart, To comfort, cheer, and bless me, That Thou my Savior art. Thy love it was which sought me, Thyself unsought by me, And for Thy ransom bought me To live for aye in Thee.