¡Gloria a Dios!

Representative Text

1 ¡Gloria a Dios! porque su gracia
En nosotros abundó,
Y su fiel misericordia
En nosotros se mostró.

2 ¡Gloria a Dios! pues Él no mira
Nuestra vieja iniquidad;
Bondadoso nos reviste
De justicia y santidad.

3 ¡Gloria a Dios! que de fe pura
Llena nuestro corazón,
Y del Hijo que ama tanto
Nos concede el sumo don.

4 ¡Gloria a Dios! que aquí nos une
En perfecta y dulce paz,
Por su diestra protegidos
Alumbrados por su faz.

5 ¡Gloria a Dios! a quien complace
Recibir nuestra oración,
Nuestros cantos de alabanza,
Nuestra pura adoración.

6 ¡Gloria a Dios! que en abundancia
Bendiciones hoy nos da;
Si esto Él hace aquí en la tierra,
En los cielos ¿qué no hará?



Source: Culto Cristiano #197

Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera

Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: ¡Gloria a Dios! porque su gracia
Title: ¡Gloria a Dios!
Author: Juan Bautista Cabrera
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Language: Spanish
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

RATHBUN

This story is associated with the writing of RATHBUN: One Sunday in 1849 Ithamar Conkey (b. Shutesbury, MA, 1815; d. Elizabeth, NJ, 1867) walked out of the morning service at Central Baptist Church, Norwich, Connecticut, where he was choir director and organist, frustrated because only one soprano f…

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BETHANY (Smart)

BETHANY, named after the village near Jerusalem, is a suitably dramatic tune for the song text. It was composed by Henry Smart (b. Marylebone, London, England, 1813; d. Hampstead, London, 1879), a capable composer of church music who wrote some very fine hymn tunes (REGENT SQUARE, 354, is the best-k…

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Media

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Instances

Instances (1 - 4 of 4)

El Himnario Bautista de la Gracia #88

Himnos de la Iglesia #26

Praise y Adoración #344c

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The Cyber Hymnal #13700

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