...! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' Eternal, coeternal beam ! May I express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light, And never, but in unapproached...bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and...

...souls ! At such times the inspired language of the poet puts on a meaning that is unknown to others : " Hail, HOLY LIGHT, offspring of Heaven first-born,...Eternal, co-eternal beam, May I express Thee unblamed." And we mentally say to ourselves, " Blessed indeed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed."i...

...well as its emblematical character, exclaim — " Hail, holy light ! offspring of heaven, first born ! Or of the eternal, co-eternal beam ! May I express thee, unblamed? since God is Light." Thirdly, we remark light is essential to health. If plants and flowers receive little light they become...

...light, offspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'cl ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence inereate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the...

...Or, oi th1 Kternal, ooeternal beam ! May I express thee unblarn'd ? Since God is light, And nevtT, but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity —...thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hcar'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the...

...invocations that poetry can boast :— Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first-born, Or of tile Eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed...light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effulgence of bright essence increate. Or bearest thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain...

...Light, offspring of Heav'n firet-bom ! Or of tb1 Eteraal coeternal beam May I express thee' unblam'd ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached...of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pare etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the Heav'ns thou wert,...

...th'Eternal, coeternal beam ! May 1 express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light, And never, but in unapproach'd light Dwelt from eternity— -dwelt then in thee....bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and...

...Eternal, coeternal beam ! May 1 express thee unbalm'd ! since God is light, And never, but in unapprached light Dwelt from eternity — dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hcar'st thmi rather, pure etherial stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the...

...offspring of heaven firstborn ! Or, of th' Eternal, co-eternal beam I May I express thee unblam'd ? Since God is light,, And never, but in unapproached light Dwelt from ttemity — dn'alt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather,...