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God of the universe to Thee

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God of the universe to Thee

Author: Miss Mary O. (1841)
Tune: MARLOW
Published in 28 hymnals

Representative Text

1 God of the universe, to thee
These sacred walls we rear;
And now, with songs and bended knee,
Invoke thy presence here.

2 When sad with care, by sin oppressed,
Here may the burdened soul
Beneath thy shelt'ring wing find rest;
Here make the wounded whole.

3 And when the last long Sabbath morn
Upon the just shall rise,
May all who own thee here, be borne
To mansions in the skies.

Source: Christ in Song: for all religious services nearly one thousand best gospel hymns, new and old with responsive scripture readings (Rev. and Enl.) #423

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Author: Miss Mary O.

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	God of the universe to Thee
Author:	Miss Mary O. (1841)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Notes

God of the universe, to Thee. [Consecration of a Church.] Appeared in Beman's Sacred Lyrics, Troy, 1841, and signed "Miss Mary O—, 1841." It is in use in a few American collections, as Hatfield's Church Hymn Book 1872, No. 1290, in 4 stanzas, and the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865, No. 1031, in 5 stanzas.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Tune

MARLOW

WARWICK (Stanley)

SWANWICK

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Timeline

Page Scans

The Church Hymnal: the official hymnal of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (1941), p.368

Instances

Instances (1 - 28 of 28)

Christ in Song #d168

Christ in Song #423

Church Harmonies #792

Church Psalmist #515

Church Psalmist #515

Church Psalmist #515

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d222

Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #1176

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d343

Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #996

Seamen's Hymns #515

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d196

Social Psalmist #515

Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #1031

Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #1031

Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #1031

Songs for the Sanctuary #1031

Songs for the Sanctuary #1031

Songs for the Sanctuary #1031

The Book of Praise #d227

The Centennial Hymnal #d113

The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #656

The Church Hymnal #486

The Congregational Hymn Book #750

The Otterbein Hymnal #534

The People's Hymnal #534

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1136

The Standard Church Hymnal #572

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