438. Lord God of hosts, Whose mighty hand

Lord God of hosts, whose mighty hand
Dominion holds on sea and land,
In peace and war thy will we see
Shaping the larger liberty;
Nations may rise and nations fall,
Thy changeless purpose rules them all.

For those who weak and broken lie
In weariness and agony,
Great Healer, to their beds of pain
Come, touch and make them whole again.
O hear a people's prayers, and bless
Thy servants in their hour of stress!

For those to whom the call shall come,
We pray thy tender welcome home;
The toil, the bitterness, all past,
We trust them to thy love at last.
O hear a people's prayers for all
Who, nobly striving, nobly fall!

For those who minister and heal,
And spend themselves, their skill, their zeal;
Renew their hearts with Christ-like faith,
And guard them from disease and death;
And in thine own good time, Lord, send
Thy peace on earth till time shall end.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Lord God of hosts, Whose mighty hand
Author: John Oxenham (1915)
Meter: Six 8's
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Notes: Alternative Tune, MELITA, #415
Tune Information
Name: ST. JEROME
Composer: Francis H. Champneys (1889)
Meter: Six 8's
Key: G Major



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