CPWI Hymnal ‎#19

19. 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
• Latin Title: Rerum deus tenax vigor
• Author: Ambrose of Milan, 339-397
• Translator: John Ellerton, 1826-1893
• Translator: Fenton J. A. Hort, 1828-1892
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Evening

Tune Information

• Name: STRENGTH AND STAY
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
• Meter: 11.10.11.10
• Key: D Major