Text:O Strength and Stay
Author:Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
Tranlator (from Latin):John Ellerton
Translator (from Latin):Fenton J. A. Hort
Tune:WELWYN
Composer:Alfred Scott-Gatty
Media:MIDI file

5342. 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 deathbed blending
With dawning glories of the 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
Latin Title: Rerum Deus tenax vigor
Author: Ambrose of Milan, 340-397
Tranlator (from Latin): John Ellerton
Translator (from Latin): Fenton J. A. Hort
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Language: English
Source: Translation in Church Hymns (Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1871)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Al­ter­nate tune: STRENGTH AND STAY by John B. Dykes, 1875
Tune Information
Name: WELWYN
Composer: Alfred Scott-Gatty (1902)
Meter: 11.10.11.10
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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