Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) ‎#698

698. On This Day, the First of Days

1 On this day, the first of days,
God the Father's name we praise;
Who, creation’s Lord and Spring,
Did the world from darkness bring.

2 On this day th'eternal Son
Over death his triumph won.
On this day the Spirit came
With his gifts of living flame.

3 Father, Who did fashion me
Image of thyself to be,
Fill us with that love divine,
And conform our wills to thine.

Text Information

• First Line: O this day, the first of days
• Title: On This Day, the First of Days
• Author: Henry W. Baker, 1821-1877 (alt.)
• Meter: 77 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2019
• Topic: Solemnities and Feasts: Holy Trinity
• Source: Le Mans Breviary, 1748; Tr.: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861

Tune Information

• Name: LUBECK
• Composer: William H. Havergal, 1793-1870
• Meter: 77 77
• Key: C Major
• Source: Freylinghausen's Geistreiches Gesangbuch, 1704