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Text: | O Word of God incarnate |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823-1897 |
Tune: | MUNICH |
Arranger: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847 |
Composer: | Anonymous |
1 O Word of God incarnate,
O wisdom from on high,
O truth unchanged, unchanging,
O light of our dark sky,
we praise thee for the radiance,
that from the hallowed page,
a lantern to our footsteps,
shines on from age to age.
2 The church from her dear Master
received the gift divine,
and still that light she lifteth
o'er all the earth to shine:
it is the golden casket
where gems of truth are stored;
it is the heaven-drawn picture
of Christ, the living Word.
3 It floateth like a banner
before God's host unfurled;
it shineth like a beacon
above the darkling world;
it is the chart and compass
that o'er life's surging sea,
mid mists and rocks and quicksands
still guide, O Christ, to thee.
4 O make thy church, dear Saviour,
a lamp of burnished gold,
to bear before the nations
thy true light as of old;
O teach thy wandering pilgrims
by this their path to trace,
till, clouds and darkness ended,
they see Thee face to face!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Word of God incarnate |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823-1897 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: God the Son |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MUNICH |
Composer: | Anonymous |
Arranger: | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, 1809-1847 |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Gesangbuch, Meiningen, 1693 |