Almighty Father, who dost give

Representative Text

1 Almighty Father-God, you give
the gift of life to all who live,
look down on all earth’s sin and strife
and lift us to a nobler life.

2 Lift up our hearts, O King of kings,
to brighter hopes and kindlier things,
to visions of a larger good,
and holier dreams of brotherhood.

3 The world is weary of its pain,
of selfish greed and fruitless gain,
of tarnished honour, falsely strong,
and all its ancient deeds of wrong.

4 Hear now the prayer Your servants pray,
uprising from all lands today,
and, over vanquished powers of sin,
O bring Your great salvation in!

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #614

Author: John Howard Bertram Masterman

Masterman served as bishop of Plymouth. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/s/masterman_jhb.htm Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Almighty Father, who dost give
Author: John Howard Bertram Masterman
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

VERMONT (Floyd)


FINNART


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

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The Cyber Hymnal #48
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A Missionary Hymn Book #66

At Worship, a hymnal for young churchmen #d15

Australian Hymn Book #541

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #410

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #267

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d15

Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised #583

Hymns and Psalms #399

Hymns for Worship #79

Sing to the Lord #d12

Songs for Worship #d10

Songs of Praise for Schools #d6

The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #541

The Book of Praise #498

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #48

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #277

The Hymnal #d17

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #530

The Hymnal #363

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #389

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #389

Text

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #614

The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #907

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The Winchester Hymn Supplement #3

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Twenty-Five Hymns for use in Time of War #15

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War-Time Hymns #8

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