Christ whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near,
Day-star in my heart appear.

"Hymn XX : A Morning Hymn" in An Appendix : Hymns on Sacred Subjects and Particular Occasions, in The Complete Works of Augustus M. Toplady, B. A. (1869), p. 912; later presented as "Sun of Righteousness, Arise", a morning hymn, in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 77.