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Text:Bending Before Thee
Author:John D. Coleridge, 1821-1894
Tune:CLOISTERS
Composer:Joseph Barnby
Media:MIDI file

12144. Bending Before Thee

1 Bending before Thee, let our hymn go upwards,
Bright as the sunshine breaking from the darkness.
Thee we implore to guard us on our journey,
Lord God Almighty.

2 Guard us in toil when fainting in the noonday,
Guard us reposing under evening shadows.
Guard us when midnight walks abroad in heaven,
Lord God Almighty.

3 If the dread foe assail us with temptation,
Hear us, O Lord, and save us from his danger.
O keep us pure, O lead us to Thy presence.
Lord God Almighty.

4 Glory to Thee, O Father everlasting!
Glory to Thee, O Son and Holy Spirit!
One in three Persons, infinite, unchanging!
Lord God Almighty!

Text Information
First Line: Bending before Thee, let our hymn go upwards
Title: Bending Before Thee
Author: John D. Coleridge, 1821-1894
Meter: 11.11.11.5
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CLOISTERS
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 11.11.11.5
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1868
Copyright: Public Domain



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