O Splendor of God's Glory Bright

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O splendor of God's glory bright, From light eternal bringing light

Author: St. Ambrose; Translator: Louis F. Benson
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	O Splendor of God's Glory Bright

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	CREATIVE ORGANIST, THE

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	A Child Is Born for Us This Day

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1 O Splendor of God's glory bright,
from light eternal bringing light,
O Light of light, light's living Spring,
true Day, all days illumining:

2 Come, very Sun of heaven's love,
in lasting radiance from above,
and pour the Holy Spirit's ray
on all we think or do today.

3 And now to you our pray'rs ascend,
O Father, glorious without end;
we plead with Sov'reign Grace for pow'r
to conquer in temptation's hour.

4 Confirm our will to do the right,
and keep our hearts from envy's blight;
let faith her eager fires renew,
and hate the false, and love the true.

5 O joyful be the passing day
with thoughts as pure as morning's ray,
with faith like noontide shining bright,
our souls unshadowed by the night.

6 Dawn's glory gilds the earth and skies,
let him, our perfect Morn, arise,
the Word in God the Father one,
the Father imaged in the Son.

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #209

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Author: St. Ambrose

Ambrose (b. Treves, Germany, 340; d. Milan, Italy, 397), one of the great Latin church fathers, is remembered best for his preaching, his struggle against the Arian heresy, and his introduction of metrical and antiphonal singing into the Western church. Ambrose was trained in legal studies and distinguished himself in a civic career, becoming a consul in Northern Italy. When the bishop of Milan, an Arian, died in 374, the people demanded that Ambrose, who was not ordained or even baptized, become the bishop. He was promptly baptized and ordained, and he remained bishop of Milan until his death. Ambrose successfully resisted the Arian heresy and the attempts of the Roman emperors to dominate the church. His most famous convert and disciple w… Go to person page >

Translator: Louis F. Benson

Benson, Louis FitzGerald, D.D., was born at Philadelphia, Penn., July 22, 1855, and educated at the University of Penn. He was admitted to the Bar in 1877, and practised until 1884. After a course of theological studies he was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, in 1888. His pastorate of the Church of the Redeemer, Germantown, Phila., extended from his ordination in 1888 to 1894, when he resigned and devoted himself to literary and Church work at Philadelphia. He edited the series of Hymnals authorised for use by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., as follows:— (1) The Hymnal, Phila., 1895; (2) The Chapel Hymnal, 1898; and (3) The School Hymnal, 1899. Dr. Benson's hymnological writings are somewh… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O splendor of God's glory bright, From light eternal bringing light
Title:	O Splendor of God's Glory Bright
Author:	St. Ambrose
Translator:	Louis F. Benson
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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PUER NOBIS NASCITUR

PUER NOBIS is a melody from a fifteenth-century manuscript from Trier. However, the tune probably dates from an earlier time and may even have folk roots. PUER NOBIS was altered in Spangenberg's Christliches GesangbUchlein (1568), in Petri's famous Piae Cantiones (1582), and again in Praetorius's (P…

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WINCHESTER NEW

The original version of WINCHESTER NEW appeared in Musikalisches Handbuch der geistlichen Melodien, published in Hamburg, Germany, in 1690 by Georg Wittwe. It was set to the text “Wer nur den lieben Gott” (see 446). An expanded version of the tune was a setting for "Dir, dir Jehova" (see 203) in…

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SPLENDOR PATERNAE GLORIAE

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Trinity Psalter Hymnal (2018), p.457

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PowerPoint O SPLENDOR OF GOD'S GLORY BRIGHT (Lift Up Your Hearts 374) O SPLENDOUR OF GOD'S GLORY BRIGHT (Voices United 1996 - 413) O SPLENDOR OF GOD'S GLORY BRIGHT (Trinity Hymnal 58) O SPLENDOR OF GOD'S GLORY BRIGHT (Presbyterian Hymnal 1990 - 474)
Piano/Organ CREATIVE ORGANIST, THE Hymn Harmonizations, Set 2 The Church Pianist's Library, Vol. 9 More Piano/Organ...
Choral A Child Is Born for Us This Day More Choral...
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