Ancient and Modern ‎#21

21. O strength and stay upholding all creation

1 O strength and stay upholding all creation,
who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
yet day by day the light in due gradation
from hour to hour through all its changes guide;

2 Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending,
an eve untouched by shadows of decay,
the brightness of a holy death-bed blending
with dawning glories of the eternal day.

3 Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word,
who with the Holy Ghost by all things living
now and to endless ages art adored.

Text Information

• First Line: O strength and stay upholding all creation
• Author: St Ambrose (c. 340--397)
• Translator: John Ellerton (1826-1893)
• Translator: Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892)
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 12:2
  ;
  Hebrews 1:3
• Topic: Church Year: Trinity; Creation; Death and Bereavement; Evening; Light; Stages of Life

Tune Information

• Name: STRENGTH AND STAY
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Key: D Major