Singing the Living Tradition ‎#12

12. O Life That Maketh All Things New

1 O Life that maketh all things new,
the blooming earth, our thoughts within,
our pilgrim feet, wet with thy dew,
in gladness hither turn again.

2 From hand to hand the greeting flows,
from eye to eye the signals run,
from heart to heart the bright hope glows,
the seekers of the light are one:

3 One in the freedom of the truth,
one in the joy of paths untrod,
one in the soul’s perennial youth,
one in the larger thought of God;

4 The freer step, the fuller breath,
the wide horizon’s grander view,
the sense of life that knows no death,
the Life that maketh all things new.

Text Information

• First Line: O Life that maketh all things new
• Title: O Life That Maketh All Things New
• Author: Samuel Longfellow, 1819-1892
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Transcending Mystery and Wonder: The Celebration of Life; Beloved Community; The Eternal Now; Free and Responsible Search for Truth and Meaning; Nature and the Countryside

Tune Information

• Name: TRURO
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: C Major
• Source: Thomas Williams's Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789