2 Thou art the Truth, whose steady day
Shines on through earthly blight and bloom;
The pure, the everlasting Ray,
The Lamp that shines e’en in the tomb;
The light that out of darkness springs,
And guideth those that blindly go;
The Word whose precious radiance flings
Its luster upon all below.
3 Thou art the Life, the blesséd Well
With living waters gushing o’er,