Author: Catherine Cameron Hymnal: Ecumenical Praise #81 (1977) First Line: God, who stretched the spangled heavens Lyrics: 1 God, who stretched the spangled heavens,
Infinite in time and place,
Flung the suns in burning radiance
Through the silent fields of space,
We Thy children, in Thy likeness,
Share inventive powers with Thee:
Great Creator, still creating,
Teach us what we yet may be.
2 Proudly rise our modern cities,
Stately buildings, row on row;
Yet their windows, blank, unfeeling,
Stare on canyoned streets below,
Where the lonely drift unnoticed
In the city's ebb and flow,
Lost to purpose and to meaning,
Scarcely caring where they go.
3 We have conquered worlds undreamed of
Since the childhood of our race;
Known the ecstasy of winging
Through untraveled realms of space;
Probed the secrets of the atom,
Yielding unimagined power,
Facing us with life's destruction
Or our most triumphant hour.
4 As Thy new horizons beckon,
Father, give us strength to be
Children of creative purpose,
Thinking Thy thoughts after Thee,
Till our dreams are rich with meaning,
Each endeavor, Thy design:
Great Creator, lead us onward,
Till our work is one with Thine. Topics: Christian Experience and Devotion Hope and Courage Languages: English Tune Title: HOLY MANNA
God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens