Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New ‎#537

537. O strength and stay

1 O strength and stay upholding all creation,
who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
yet day by day the light in due gradation
from hour to hour through all its changes guide.

2 Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending,
an eve untouched by shadows of decay,
the brightness of a holy death-bed blending
with dawning glories of th'eternal day.

3 Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word,
who with the Holy Ghost by all things living
now and to endless ages art adored.

Text Information

• First Line: O strength and stay upholding all creation
• Title: O strength and stay
• Author: St Ambrose, c. 340-397
• Translator: John Ellerton, 1826-1893
• Translator: Fenton John Anthony Hort, 18281-892
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2000
• Scripture:
  James 1:17
• Topic: Evening; Year B: Proper 17

Tune Information

• Name: STRENGTH AND STAY
• Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876
• Meter: 11 10 11 10
• Key: D Major