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Text: | Lord of all being, throned afar |
Author: | Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809 - 94 |
Tune: | LOUVAN |
Composer: | Virgil Corydon Taylor, 1817 - 91 |
1 Lord of all being, throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
2 Sun of our life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night. A-men.
3 Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn,
Our noontide is thy gracious dawn,
Our rainbow arch thy mercy’s sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are thine.
4 Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.
5 Grant us thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that burn for thee,
Till all thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.
Amen.
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First Line: | Lord of all being, throned afar |
Author: | Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809 - 94 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Ascension; The Church Year: Trinity Sunday - The Holy Trinity; The Church : Worship - The Day's Work(2 more...) |
Notes: | This hymn may also be sung to OMBERSLEY (No. 118). |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LOUVAN |
Composer: | Virgil Corydon Taylor, 1817 - 91 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | A♭ Major |