One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ‎#442

442. God of Wisdom, Truth, and Beauty

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1 God of wisdom, truth, and beauty,
God of spirit, fire, and soul,
God of order, love, and duty,
God of purpose, plan, and goal:
Grant us visions ever growing,
Breath of life, eternal strength,
Mystic spirit, moving, flowing,
Filling height and depth and length.

2 God of drama, music, dancing,
God of story, sculpture, art,
God of wit, all life enhancing,
God of ev'ry yearning heart:
Challenge us with quests of spirit,
Truth revealed in myriad ways,
Word or song for hearts that hear it,
Sketch and model– forms of praise.

3 God of atom's smallest feature,
God of galaxies in space,
God of ev'ry living creature,
God of all the human race:
May our knowledge be extended
For the whole creation's good,
Hunger banished, warfare ended,
All the earth a neighborhood.

4 God of science, hist'ry, teaching,
God of futures yet unknown,
God of holding, God of reaching,
God of pow'r beyond each throne:
Take the fragments of our living.
Fit us to Your finest scheme.
Now forgiven and forgiving,
Make us free to dare and dream.

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Text Information

• First Line: God of wisdom, truth, and beauty
• Title: God of Wisdom, Truth, and Beauty
• Author: Jane Parker Huber, b. 1926
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2018
• Scripture:
  Hosea 11:12
• Topic: The Gospel in the Christian Life: Christian Life, Discipleship; Creation and Nature; Wisdom of God
• Copyright: © 1984, Jane Parker Huber, admin. by Westminster John Knox Press
• ONE LICENSE: 121618

Tune Information

• Name: HYMN TO JOY
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 (arr.)
• Arranger: Edward Hodges, 1796-1867
• Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
• Key: G Major or modal