1 God of the earth, the sky, the sea,
maker of all above, below,
creation lives and moves in you;
your present life through all does flow.
2 Your love is in the sunshine’s glow,
your life is in the quick’ning air;
when lightnings flash and storm-winds blow,
there is your power, your law is there.
3 We feel your calm at evening’s hour,
your grandeur in the march of night;
and when the morning breaks in power,
we hear your word, “Let there be light.”
4 But higher far, and far more clear,
you in our spirit we behold;
your image and yourself are there —
indwelling God, proclaimed of old.
Longfellow, Samuel, B. A., brother of the Poet, was born at Portland, Maine, June 18, 1819, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in Arts in 1839, and in Theology in 1846. On receiving ordination as an Unitarian Minister, he became Pastor at Fall River, Massachusetts, 1848; at Brooklyn, 1853; and at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1860. In 1846 he edited, with the Rev. S. Johnson (q. v.), A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. This collection was enlarged and revised in 1848. In 1859 his Vespers was published, and in 1864 the Unitarian Hymns of the Spirit , under the joint editorship of the Rev. S. Johnson and himself. His Life of his brother, the Poet Longfellow, was published in 1886. To the works named he contributed the follow… Go to person page >
Display Title: God of the Earth, the Sky, the SeaFirst Line: God of the earth, the sky, the seaTune Title: HERR JESU CHRIST, MEIN'S LEBENS LICHTAuthor: Samuel Longfellow, b. 1819Scripture: Acts 17:28Date: 1986Subject: Creation | ; God | ; Praise |
Display Title: God of the earth, the sky, the seaFirst Line: God of the earth, the sky, the sea!Tune Title: ST. CATHERINEAuthor: Samuel LongfellowDate: 1992Source: Hymns of the Spirit, 1864, alt.
Display Title: God of the Earth, the Sky, the SeaFirst Line: God of the earth, the sky, the sea!Tune Title: OLD 113thAuthor: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892Scripture: Psalm 139:7-10; Psalm 139:14Date: 1982Subject: Earth | ; God the Creator | ; God the Sustainer | ; God's Love | ; Nature | ; Praise | ; Thanks, Thanksgiving |
Display Title: God of the Earth, the Sky, the SeaFirst Line: God of the earth, the sky, the seaTune Title: DUKE STREETAuthor: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892Meter: L.M.Date: 1993Subject: God, Goddess, and Spirit | ; The Elements | ; Transcending Mystery and Wonder | Praise and Transcendence
Display Title: God of the Earth, the Sky, the Sea!First Line: God of the earth, the sky, the seaTune Title: ST. CATHERINE (Walton)Author: Samuel LongfellowMeter: 88.88.88Source: Hymns of the Spirit, 1864