The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5108

5108. O Lord, Life Is Sacred

1. O Lord, life is sacred, a gift from above;
Each person is worthy of honor and love.
Your works are so marvelous, we’re wonderfully made;
We each bear Your image, conception to grave.

2. Your hands shaped and formed us before we took breath;
You knit us together and clothed us with flesh.
You give us our life and ordain all our days;
Your works, Lord, are wonderful; we lift our hearts in praise.

3. Upheld since conception and carried since birth,
To old age and hair of gray, we’re still of great worth.
We still bear Your likeness, the stamp of Your hand;
You made us in Jesus for all the works you planned.

4. And so, may we honor each person we meet;
The kindness You’ve shown us, we wish to repeat
From children to agèd—we’ll serve them in Your name;
As You honor us, O Lord, we pledge to do the same.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, life is sacred, a gift from above
• Title: O Lord, Life Is Sacred
• Author: Susan H. Peterson (1998)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Language: English
• Copyright: Released to the public domain

Tune Information

• Name: GORDON
• Composer: Adoniram Judson Gordon (1876)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11
• Incipit: 13443 21327 71134
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain