Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#359b

359b. Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand

1 Lord God of hosts, whose mighty hand
Dominion holds on sea and land,
In peace and war thy will we see
Shaping the larger liberty;
Nations may rise and nations fall,
Thy changeless purpose rules them all. A-men.

2 For those who weak and broken lie
In weariness and agony,
Great Healer, to their beds of pain
Come, touch and make them whole again.
O hear a people's prayers, and bless
Thy servants in their hour of stress.

3 For those to whom the call shall come,
We pray thy tender welcome home;
The toil, the bitterness, all past,
We trust them to thy love at last.
O hear a people's prayers for all
Who, nobly striving, nobly fall.

4 For those who minister and heal,
And spend themselves, their skill, their zeal;
Renew their hearts with Christ-like faith,
And guard them from disease and death;
And in thine own good time, Lord, send
Thy peace on earth till time shall end.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord God of Hosts, whose mighty hand
• Author: John Oxenham, 1852 - 1941
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: Church Life and Work: City, Nation, World
• Copyright: Copyright, Harper and Brothers. Used by permission

Tune Information

• Name: SURREY (CAREY)
• Composer: Henry Carey, 1692 - 1743
• Meter: 8 8, 8 8, 8 8.
• Key: F Major