The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12815

12815. Thy Grace Impart

1 Thy grace impart! In time to be
Shall one great temple rise to Thee—
Thy Church our broad humanity.
Alleluia!

2 White flowers of love its walls shall climb,
Soft bells of peace shall ring its chime,
Its days shall all be holy time,
Alleluia!

3 A sweeter song shall then be heard,
Confessing, in a world’s accord,
The inward Christ, the living Word,
Alleluia!

4 That song shall swell from shore to shore,
One hope, one faith, one love restore
The seamless robe that Jesus wore,
Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: Thy grace impart! In time to be
• Title: Thy Grace Impart
• Author: John G. Whittier (1864, adapt.)
• Meter: 88.84
• Language: English
• Source: Adapt. from "Hymns for the Opening of Thomas Starr King's House of Worship"
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This po­em was writ­ten by Mr. Whit­ti­er while he was a guest at the As­quam House [Hol­der­ness, New Hamp­shire]. A fair was being held in aid of the lit­tle Epis­co­pal church at Hol­de­rness, and peo­ple at the ho­tel were asked to con­trib­ute. These lines were Whit­ti­er’s con­tri­bu­tion, and the la­dies in charge of the fair re­ceived ten dol­lars for them. They were writ­ten in an al­bum now in pos­ses­sion of a niece of Whit­ti­er’s Phi­l­ade­lphia friend, Jo­seph Lid­don Pen­nock. S. T. Pickard The Atlantic Monthly December 1904, p. 795

Tune Information

• Name: ALMSGIVING
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1865)
• Meter: 88.84
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain