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God of Love and God of Power

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1 God of love and God of power,
grant us in this burning hour
grace to ask these gifts of thee,
daring hearts and spirits free.
God of love and God of power,
thou hast called us for this hour.

2 We are not the first to be
banished by our fears from thee;
give us courage, let us hear
heaven’s trumpets ringing clear.
God of love and God of power,
thou hast called us for this hour.

3 All our lives belong to thee,
thou our final loyalty;
slaves are we whene’er we share
that devotion anywhere.
God of love and God of power,
thou hast called us for this hour.

4 God of love and God of power,
make us worthy of this hour;
offering lives if it’s thy will,
keeping free our spirits still.
God of love and God of power,
thou hast called us for this hour.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #51

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Author: Gerald H. Kennedy

Born: August 30, 1907, Benzonia, Michigan. Died: February 17, 1980, Laguna Hills, California. Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Kennedy attended the College of the Pacific, the Pacific School of Religion, and Hartford Theological Seminary. He became an Methodist pastor in 1932, serving at the First Congregational Church in Collinsville, Connecticut, until 1936. He then ministered at churches in California and Nebraska. He became a Methodist bishop in 1948, serving in Portland, Oregon. In 1964, he worked on the texts subcommittee for the Methodist Hymnal. He wrote 17 books, and, in 1954, gave the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale University. --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

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First Line: God or love and God of power
Title: God of Love and God of Power
Author: Gerald H. Kennedy (ca. 1939)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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