Thou Lovely Source of True Delight

Thou lovely Source of true delight,
Whom I unseen adore;
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight,
That I may love Thee more.

Thy glory o’er creation shines;
But in Thy sacred Word,
I read in fairer, brighter lines,
My bleeding, dying Lord.

’Tis here, whene’er my comforts droop,
And sins and sorrows rise,
Thy love with cheerful beams of hope,
My fainting heart supplies.

Jesus, my Lord, my Life, my Light,
O come with blissful ray;
Break radiant through the shades of night,
And chase my fears away.

Then shall my soul with rapture trace
The wonders of Thy love;
But the full glories of Thy face
Are only known above.

Author: Anne Steele

Year: 1760

This hymn is a well-known work by the prominent 18th-century Baptist hymn writer Anne Steele (1717–1778). It first appeared in her 1760 collection 'Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional' under the title 'God the Only Refuge of the Soul' (sometimes listed as Hymn 36 in Book 1). No significant alternate attributions exist.