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Text: | Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation |
Author: | Laurence Housman |
Tune: | LANGHAM |
Composer: | Geoffrey Shaw |
1 Father eternal, Ruler of creation,
Spirit of life, which moved ere form was made;
Through the thick darkness covering every nation,
Light to man's blindness, O be Thou our aid:
Thy Kingdom come, O Lord, Thy will be done.
2 Races and peoples, lo! we stand divided,
And sharing not our griefs, no joy can share;
By wars and tumults Love is mocked, derided,
His conquering cross no kingdom wills to bear:
Thy Kingdom come, O Lord, Thy will be done.
3 Envious of heart, blind-eyed, with tongues confounded,
Nation by nation still goes unforgiven;
In wrath and fear, by jealousies surrounded,
Building proud towers which shall not reach to heaven:
Thy Kingdom come, O Lord, Thy will be done.
4 How shall we love Thee, holy, hidden Being,
If we love not the world which Thou hast made?
O give us brother love for better seeing
Thy Word made flesh, and in a manger laid:
Thy Kingdom come, O Lord, Thy will be done.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Father eternal, Ruler of creation |
Title: | Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation |
Author: | Laurence Housman (1919) |
Meter: | 11. 10. 11. 10. 10. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Armistice Day; Brotherhood; God: Kingdom(5 more...) |
Copyright: | Words from Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. |
Notes: | Now Public Domain in the U.S. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LANGHAM |
Composer: | Geoffrey Shaw (1921) |
Meter: | 11. 10. 11. 10. 10. |
Key: | c minor |
Copyright: | Music used by permission of the League of Nations Union. |