Worship Supplement ‎#703

703. Creator of the Stars of Night

1 Creator of the stars of night,
Thy people's everlasting Light:
Jesus, Redeemer, save us all
And hear thy servants when they call.

2 Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death a universe,
Hast found the healing, full of grace,
To cure and save our ruined race.

3 Thou camest, the Bridegroom of the bride,
As drew the world to eventide,
The spotless Victim all divine
Proceeding from a virgin shrine.

4 At whose dread name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow;
All things celestial thee shall own,
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.

5 O thou, whose coming is with dread
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us from the ancient Foe
While still we dwell on earth below.

6 To God the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Praise, honor, might, and glory be
From age to age eternally. Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Creator of the stars of night
• Title: Creator of the Stars of Night
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818-66 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Christian Year: Adventtide
• Source: 9th-century Office hymn
• Notes: Latin: Conditor alme siderum

Tune Information

• Name: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Sarum plainsong, Mode IV