1 Dios eterno, en tu presencia
Nuestros siglos horas son,
Y un segundo la existencia
De la actual generación,
Mas el hombre que a tu lado
Quiere ya volar con fe,
En su curso prolongado
Lento el tiempo siempre ve.
2 Otro año ha fenecido
Que la vida ya acortó,
Y el descanso apetecido
Poco más se aproximó.
Gracias mil por tus mercedes
Hoy tu iglesia, Dios, te da;
Y pues todo Tú lo puedes,
Tu poder nos mantendrá.
3 Tú proteges las familias
Visitando cada hogar;
¡Oh Señor!, si nos auxilias,
¿Qué nos puede aquí faltar?
Por doquier que te ame el hombre
Y te sirva haciendo el bien,
Sea, ¡oh Dios¡, tu santo nombre
Ensalzado siempre. Amén.
Source: Culto Cristiano #320
Juan Bautista Cabrera Ivars was born in Benisa, Spain, April 23, 1837. He attended seminary in Valencia, studying Hebrew and Greek, and was ordained as a priest. He fled to Gibraltar in 1863 due to religious persecution where he abandoned Catholicism. He worked as a teacher and as a translator. One of the works he translated was E.H. Brown's work on the thirty-nine articles of the Anglican Church, which was his introduction to Protestantism. He was a leader of a Spanish Reformed Church in Gibraltar. He continued as a leader in this church when he returned to Spain after the government of Isabel II fell, but continued to face legal difficulties. He then organized the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and was consecrated as bishop in 1894. He… Go to person page >
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