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Text:Enduring Soul of all our life
Author:Ebenezer S. Oakley
Tune:BEDFORD
Composer:William Wheall

126. Enduring Soul of all our life

1 Enduring Soul of all our life,
In whom all things blend,
Unhanging Peace ‘mid storm and strife,
Our Parent, Home, and End,—

2 Through Thee the worlds, with all they bear,
Their mighty courses run;
Through Thee the heavens are passing fair,
And splendor clothes the sun.

3 The thoughts that move the heart of an
And lift his soul on high,
The skill that teaches him to plan
With wondrous subtlety,—

4 These are Thy thoughts, almighty Mind;
This skill is Thine, O Lord,
Who dost by hidden influence bind
All powers in sweet accord.

5 No noble work was e’er begun
Which came not first from heaven;
No living deed was ever done
Without Thine inpulse given.

6 O fill us now, Thou living Power,
With energy divine;
Thus shall our wills from hour to hour
Become not ours, but Thine.

Text Information
First Line: Enduring Soul of all our life
Author: Ebenezer S. Oakley (1885)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1910
Tune Information
Name: BEDFORD
Composer: William Wheall
Meter: C. M.



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