The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4247

4247. Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven

1. Most holy Lord and God of Heaven,
Who to the glowing sky hast given
The fires that in the east are born
With gradual splendors of the morn;

2. Who, on the fourth day, didst reveal
The sun’s enkindled flaming wheel,
Didst set the moon her ordered ways,
And stars their ever winding maze;

3. That each in its appointed way
Might separate night from day,
And of the seasons through the year
The well remembered signs declare;

4. Illuminate our hearts within,
And cleanse our minds from stain of sin;
Unburdened of our guilty load
May we unfettered serve our God.

5. O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.

Text Information

• First Line: Most holy Lord and God of Heaven
• Title: Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven
• Latin Title: Coeli Deus sanctissime
• Author: Anonymous (5th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): Maurice F. Bell
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 60
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: THE MORNING WATCH
• Composer: Carl Fowler Price (1913)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 55612 55613 52443
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain