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Text:O strength and stay
Author:St Ambrose, c. 340-397
Translator:John Ellerton, 1826-1893
Translator:Fenton John Anthony Hort, 18281-892
Tune:STRENGTH AND STAY
Composer:John Bacchus Dykes, 1823-1876

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:
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



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