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Text:O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near
Author:Edward Osler
Tune:ST. FLAVIAN
Composer:Anonymous
Media:MIDI file

4930. O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near

1. O God, unseen yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;
And thus inspired with holy fear,
Before Thine altar kneel.

2. Here may Thy faithful people know
The blessings of Thy love,
The streams that through the desert flow,
The manna from above.

3. We come, obedient to Thy Word,
To feast on heav’nly food;
Our meat the body of the Lord,
Our drink His precious blood.

4. Thus may we all Thy Word obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength divine.

Text Information
First Line: O God, unseen yet ever near
Title: O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near
Author: Edward Osler (1836)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Church and King, 1836, alt.
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: IRISH, melody from A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Poems (Dublin, Ireland: 1749)
Tune Information
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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