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Text: | O Lord and Master of Us All |
Author: | J. G. Whittier |
Tune: | CONTEMPLATION (Ouseley) |
Composer: | F. A. G. Ouseley |
1 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 Thine.
2 Thou judgest us; thy purity
doth all our lusts condemn;
the love that draws us nearer thee
is hot with wrath to them.
3 Yet weak and blinded though we be,
thou dost our service own;
we bring our varying gifts to thee,
and thou rejectest none.
4 Apart from thee all gain is loss,
all labor vainly done;
the solemn shadow of the cross
is better than the sun.
5 We faintly hear, we dimly see,
in diff'ring phrase we pray;
but, dim or clear, we own in thee
the Life, the Truth, the Way.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Lord and Master of us all |
Title: | O Lord and Master of Us All |
Author: | J. G. Whittier (1856) |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Call and Response |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CONTEMPLATION (Ouseley) |
Composer: | F. A. G. Ouseley (1889) |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | E♭ Major |