Text:Lord of All Being, Throned Afar
Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tune:LOUVAN
Composer:Virgil C. Taylor

463. Lord of All Being, Throned Afar

1 Lord of all being, throned afar,
Your glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!

2 Sun of our life, your quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, your softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.

3 Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before your ever-blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.

4 Grant us your truth for which we yearn,
And kindling hearts that for you burn,
Till all your living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Lord of all being, throned afar
Title: Lord of All Being, Throned Afar
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes (1859, alt. 1972)
Meter: L.M.
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Old Testament Lesson; Acts of the Church: The Marriage Service
Tune Information
Name: LOUVAN
Composer: Virgil C. Taylor (1846, alt. 1931, 1958)
Meter: L.M.
Key: G Major



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