The Hymnal ‎#496

496. O Lord, and Master of us all

O Lord, and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,
We own thy sway, we hear thy call,
We test our lives by thing

Thou judgest us; thy purity
Doth all our lusts condemn;
The love that draws us nearer thee
Is hot with wrath to them;

Our thoughts lie open to thy sight;
And naked to thy glance
Our secret sins are in the light
Of thy pure countenance.

Yet weak and blinded though we be,
Thou dost our service own;
We bring our varying gifts to thee,
And thou rejectest none.

To thee our full humanity,
Its joys and pains belong;
The wrong of man to man on thee
Inflicts a deeper wrong.

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Who hates, hates thee; who loves, becomes
Therein to thee allied:
All sweet accords of hearts and homes
In thee are multiplied.

Apart from thee all gain is loss,
All labour vainly done;
The solemn shadow of the cross
Is better than the sun.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Lord, and Master of us all
• Author: John G. Whittier (1856)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Septuagesima; Brotherhood and Service; Parochial Missions

Tune Information

• Name: WALSALL
• Composer (attributed to): Henry Purcell, 1658-1695
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: g minor
• Source: Wilken's Psalmody, 1699