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Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: O God of heaven, whose gentle ray Lyrics: 1 O God of heaven, whose gentle ray, Illumes the worlds of light, Thy wisdom rules the realms of day, And leads the host of night. 2 Behold thy waiting servants stand, And claim with feeble cries, Some skilful guide with gentle hand To lead us to the skies. 3 While absent from thy temple, Lord Like wandering flocks we stray We lose the memory of thy word And waste the sacred day. 4 And when, within these walls of thine We find our wonted place; How faint our feeble voices join To seek thy pardoning grace. 5 Almighty Saviour, hear our prayer, Some chosen servant raise, For us the bread of life to share And help our lips to praise. 6 Then in thy house, with joy unknown We'll raise a nobler song, Till we shall meet around thy throne, And join the heavenly throng.

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Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David #H.LXVI (1785) First Line: O God of heaven, whose gentle ray Lyrics: 1 O God of heaven, whose gentle ray, Illumes the worlds of light, Thy wisdom rules the realms of day, And leads the host of night. 2 Behold thy waiting servants stand, And claim with feeble cries, Some skilful guide with gentle hand To lead us to the skies. 3 While absent from thy temple, Lord Like wandering flocks we stray We lose the memory of thy word And waste the sacred day. 4 And when, within these walls of thine We find our wonted place; How faint our feeble voices join To seek thy pardoning grace. 5 Almighty Saviour, hear our prayer, Some chosen servant raise, For us the bread of life to share And help our lips to praise. 6 Then in thy house, with joy unknown We'll raise a nobler song, Till we shall meet around thy throne, And join the heavenly throng. Languages: English

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Hymnal: Doctor Watts's Imitation of the Psalms of David, corrected and enlarged, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (2nd ed.) #LXVI (1786) First Line: O God of heaven, whose gentle ray Lyrics: 1 O God of heaven, whose gentle ray, Illumes the worlds of light, Thy wisdom rules the realms of day, And leads the host of night. 2 Behold thy waiting servants stand, And claim with feeble cries, Some skilful guide with gentle hand To lead us to the skies. 3 While absent from thy temple, Lord Like wandering flocks we stray We lose the memory of thy word And waste the sacred day. 4 And when, within these walls of thine We find our wonted place; How faint our feeble voices join To seek thy pardoning grace. 5 Almighty Saviour, hear our prayer, Some chosen servant raise, For us the bread of life to share And help our lips to praise. 6 Then in thy house, with joy unknown We'll raise a nobler song, Till we shall meet around thy throne, And join the heavenly throng. Languages: English

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Hymnal: Doctor Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, to which is added a collection of hymns; the whole applied to the state of the Christian Church in general (3rd ed.) #LXVI (1786) First Line: O God of heaven, whose gentle ray Lyrics: 1 O God of heaven, whose gentle ray, Illumes the worlds of light, Thy wisdom rules the realms of day, And leads the host of night. 2 Behold thy waiting servants stand, And claim with feeble cries, Some skilful guide with gentle hand To lead us to the skies. 3 While absent from thy temple, Lord Like wandering flocks we stray We lose the memory of thy word And waste the sacred day. 4 And when, within these walls of thine We find our wonted place; How faint our feeble voices join To seek thy pardoning grace. 5 Almighty Saviour, hear our prayer, Some chosen servant raise, For us the bread of life to share And help our lips to praise. 6 Then in thy house, with joy unknown We'll raise a nobler song, Till we shall meet around thy throne, And join the heavenly throng. Languages: English