2008. Grace Before Meat
1. Fountain of being, source of good!
At whose almighty breath
The creature proves our bane or food
Dispensing life or death:
2. Thee we address with humble fear;
Vouchsafe Thy gifts to crown;
Father of all, Thy children hear,
And send a blessing down.
3. O, may our souls for ever pine
Thy grace to taste and see;
Athirst for righteousness divine,
And hungry after Thee!
4. For this we lift our longing eyes
We wait the gracious word:
Speak, and our hearts from earth shall rise,
And feed upon the Lord.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | Fountain of being, source of good |
| Title: | Grace Before Meat |
| Meter: | CM |
| Source: | Hymns and Sacred Poems, by John & Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739), pages 31-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | PARKER |
| Composer: | Karl Pomeroy Harrington (1905) |
| Meter: | CM |
| Incipit: | 32156 76712 12233 |
| Key: | A♭ Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
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| Adobe Acrobat image: |  Adobe Acrobat image(Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: |  MIDI File(Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | XML score |
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