The Cyber Hymnal ‎#406

406. Being of Beings

1. Being of beings, God of love;
To Thee our hearts we raise;
Thy all sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing Thy praise.

2. Thine, wholly Thine, we pant to be;
Our sacrifice receive;
Made, and preserved, and saved by Thee,
To Thee ourselves we give.

3. Heav’nward our every wish aspires,
For all Thy mercy’s store;
The sole return Thy love requires,
Is that we ask for more.

4. For more we ask: we open then
Our hearts to embrace Thy will;
Turn and revive us, Lord, again,
With all Thy fullness fill.

5. Come, Holy Ghost, the Savior’s love
Shed in our hearts abroad;
So shall we ever live, and move,
And be, with Christ, in God.

Text Information

• First Line: Being of beings, God of love
• Title: Being of Beings
• Author: Charles Wesley (1739)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1739
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: OSWALD'S TREE, Henry W. Davies, 1903

Tune Information

• Name: BARFORD
• Composer: J. S. Giekie
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 13425 12355 43211
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Old Scottish Psalm Tunes (London: Bayley & Ferguson, 1908), number 11
• Copyright: Public Domain