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Text:Lord of Our Life, God Whom We Fear
Author:Samuel F. Smith
Tune:LOUVAN
Composer: Virgil Corydon Taylor
Media:MIDI file

3909. Lord of Our Life, God Whom We Fear

1 Lord of our life, God whom we fear,
Unknown, yet known; unseen, yet near;
Breath of our breath, in Thee we live;
Life of our life, our praise receive.

2 Thine eye detects the sparrow’s fall;
Thy heart of love expands for all;
Our throbbing life is full of Thee;
Throned in Thy vast infinity.

3 Shine in our darkness, Light of light,
Our minds illumine, disperse our night;
Make us responsive to Thy will;
Our souls with all Thy fullness fill.

4 We love Thy name; we heed Thy rod;
Thy Word our law, O gracious God!
We wait Thy will; on Thee we call:
Our light, our life, our love, our all.

Text Information
First Line: Lord of our life, God whom we fear
Title: Lord of Our Life, God Whom We Fear
Author: Samuel F. Smith (1891)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LOUVAN
Composer: Virgil Corydon Taylor (1850)
Meter: LM
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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