685 | Glory to God#686 | 687 |
Text: | God of Our Life |
Author: | Hugh Thomson Kerr |
Tune: | SANDON |
Composer: | Charles Henry Purday |
Harmonizer: | John Weaver |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 God of our life, through all the circling years,
we trust in thee.
In all the past, through all our hopes and fears,
thy hand we see.
With each new day, when morning lifts the veil,
we own thy mercies, Lord, which never fail.
2 God of the past, our times are in thy hand.
With us abide.
Lead us by faith to hope's true promised land.
Be thou our guide.
With thee to bless, the darkness shines as light,
and faith's fair vision changes into sight.
3 God of the coming years, through paths unknown
we follow thee.
When we are strong, Lord, leave us not alone.
Our refuge be.
Be thou for us in life our daily bread,
our heart's true home when all our years have sped.
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First Line: | God of our life, through all the circling years |
Title: | God of Our Life |
Author: | Hugh Thomson Kerr (1916, alt.) |
Meter: | 10.4.10.4.10.10 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Aging; Celebrating Time; Evening(4 more...) |
Copyright: | © 1928 F. M. Braselman, ren. 1956 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education (admin. Westminster John Knox Press) |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
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Name: | SANDON |
Composer: | Charles Henry Purday (1860) |
Harmonizer: | John Weaver (1986) |
Meter: | 10.4.10.4.10.10 |
Key: | F Major |
Copyright: | Harm. © 1990 Hope Publishing Company |
This text was created for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by its pastor. He wrote these words especially for this tune, originally composed for John Henry Newman’s text “Lead, Kindly Light.”
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