1531 | The Cyber Hymnal#1532 | 1533 |
Text: | The Fish in Wave, the Bird on Wing |
Author: | Charles Coffin |
Translator (from Latin): | John Chandler |
Tune: | ST. FLAVIAN |
Composer: | Anonymous |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. The fish in wave, the bird on wing,
God bade the waters bear;
Each for our mortal body’s food
His gracious hands prepare.
2. But other food, of richer cost,
The immortal spirit needs;
By faith it lives on every word
That from His mouth proceeds.
3. Faith springing from the blood of Christ,
Has flowed o’er every land;
And sinners through the vanquished world
Bow down to its command.
4. Its light the joy of Heav’n reveals
To hearts made pure within;
And bids them seek by worthy deeds
Eternal crowns to win.
5. By faith the saints of old were strong
The lion’s wrath to tame;
By faith they spurned the tyrant’s threats,
And scorned the raging flame.
6. Lord, grant that we the path may tread
Whereon its light doth shine;
And gather, as we onward go,
The fruits of love divine.
7. O praise the Father; praise the Son,
On whose most precious blood
Rests all our faith; and praise to Him
Who with Them both is God.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The fish in wave, the bird on wing |
Title: | The Fish in Wave, the Bird on Wing |
Latin Title: | Iisdem creati fluctibus |
Author: | Charles Coffin (1736) |
Translator (from Latin): | John Chandler |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Source: | Paris Breviary, 1735; Translation: Hymns Ancient and Modern |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. FLAVIAN |
Composer: | Anonymous (1563) |
Meter: | CM |
Incipit: | 11713 22114 31233 |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Day's Psalter, 1563 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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Adobe Acrobat image: | Adobe Acrobat image (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | MIDI File (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | XML score |