Lyrics: Henry Ramsden Bramley
Music: Charles Wood
ANTHEM: O thou, the central orb • Charles Wood
O thou, the central orb of righteous love,
pure beam of the most high,
eternal light of this our wintry world,
thy radiance bright awakes new joy
in faith, hope soars above.
Come, quickly come, and let thy glory shine,
gilding our darksome heaven with rays divine.
Thy saints with holy lustre round thee move,
as stars about thy throne,
set in the height of God's ordaining counsel,
as thy sight gives measur'd grace to each,
thy power to prove.
Let thy bright beams dispers the gloom of sin,
our nature all shall feel eternal day,
in fellowship with thee,
transforming day to souls e’er
while unclean, now pure, now pure within. Amen.