We pray no more, made lowly wise

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We pray no more, made lowly wise

Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1879)
Published in 29 hymnals

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1 Made lowly wide, we pray no more
For miracle and sign:
Anoint our eyes to see within
The common, the divine!

2 Lo here! lo there! no more we cry,
Dividing with our call
The mantle of Thy presence, Lord,
That seamless covers all.

3 We turn from seeking Thee afar
And in unwonted ways,
To build from out our daily lives
The temples of Thy praise.

4 And if Thy casual comings, Lord,
To hearts of old were dear,
What joy should dwell within the faith
That feels Thee ever near!

5 And nobler yet shall duty grow,
And more shall worship be,
When Thou art found in all our life,
And all our ife in Thee.

Source: The Christian Hymnary for Use of Churches of Christ #204

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Author: Frederick Lucian Hosmer

Hosmer, Frederick Lucian, B.A., was born at Framingham, Mass., in 1840, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated B.A. in 1869. Entering the Unitarian Ministry in 1872 he has held charges in Quincy, Ill., 1872-77; Cleveland, Ohio, 1878-92; St. Louis, 1894-99; and since 1899, at Berkeley, Cal. His Way of Life, 1877, was a compilation of Prayers and Responsive Services for Sunday Schools. Of Unity Hymns and Carols, 1880, he was joint editor with W. C. Gannett and J. V. Blake. His hymns were published jointly by him and W. C. Gannett (q.v.), as The Thought of God in Hymns and Poems (Boston: Little, Brown & Co.), 1st Series, 1885; 2nd Series, 1894. Of his 56 hymns in this work the following have come into common use, for the most part during… Go to person page >

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First Line:	We pray no more, made lowly wise
Author:	Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1879)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN (Vulpius)

Melchior Vulpius (PHH 397) composed this short chorale tune, published as a setting for the anonymous funeral hymn "Christus, der ist mein Leben" ("For Me to Live Is Jesus") in Vulpius's Ein Schön Geistlich Gesangbuch (1609). Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) based his Cantata 95 on this tune and provided two…

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EVERSLEY (Cottman)

ARLINGTON (Arne)

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