Text: | O Father all creating |
Author: | J. Ellerton |
Tune: | [O Father all creating] |
Composer: | John Stainer, 1840ā1901 |
1 O Father all creating,
Whose wisdom, love, and power
First bound two lives together
In Eden's primal hour,
Today to these Thy children
Thine earliest gifts renew,--
A home by Thee made happy,
A love by Thee kept true.
2 O Savior, guest most bounteous
Of old in Galilee,
Vouchsafe today Thy presence
With these who call on Thee;
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to heavenly wine,
And teach them, in the tasting,
To know the gift is Thine.
3 O Spirit of the Father,
Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in Thy pureness,
So tender in Thy love;
That guarded by Thy presence,
From sin and strife kept free,
Their lives may own Thy guidance,
Their hearts be ruled by Thee.
4 Except Thou build it, Father,
The house is built in vain;
Except Thou, Savior, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain;
But naught can break the marriage
Of hearts in Thee made one,
And love Thy Spirit hallows
Is endless love begun.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O Father all creating |
Author: | J. Ellerton (1876) |
Meter: | 7, 6. 8L. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | Various Occasions: Marriage and the Home; Various Occassions: Marriage and the Home |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O Father all creating] |
Composer: | John Stainer, 1840ā1901 |
Meter: | 7, 6. 8L. |
Key: | Eā Major |