Lord Eternal, God of Ages

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Lord Eternal, God of Ages

Author: Leland Bryant Ross (Ros' Haruo) (2000)
Tune: RHUDDLAN
Published in 1 hymnal

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Piano/Organ
	The Organist's Library, Vol. 51

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1. Lord Eternal, God of Ages, throned in splendor, far above
Galaxies and history's pages, ruling all, Almighty Love!
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, reign within us, Spirit-Dove!

2. Great the honor we are given, great the privilege we share:
Called to help thee, Lord of Heaven, here on earth thy name to wear!
Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, teach us, Lord, thy word to bear.

3. Love our God and love our neighbor, sister, brother, enemy,
Love each other: this the labor thou commandest lovingly.
Grant us patience, grant us pardon, grant that we may all be free.

4. Evil forces all around us threaten us with hate and hell.
Lest their menacing confound us, in our hearts, O Savior, dwell!
Grant us faith and grant us insight, let us know that all is well.

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Author: Leland Bryant Ross (Ros' Haruo)

American Baptist layman. Amateur hymnologist and polyglot. Translator of many hymns into, and author of a few in, Esperanto, as well as some hymns in English. 13 texts (incl. 3 original) in Adoru, plus two in Espero Katolika's supplement. Edited the largest online Esperanto hymnal, TTT-Himnaro Cigneta, now accessible via the Wayback Machine at archive.org, (https://web.archive.org/web/20091021113553/http://geocities.com/cigneto/pretaj.html) as well as in large part here on Hymnary.org. Lives near Seattle. Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Lord Eternal, God of Ages
Original Language:	English (partly from Espe
Author:	Leland Bryant Ross (Ros' Haruo) (2000)
Language:	English

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Notes

I was trying to work up a singable translation of W. J. Downes' Esperanto hymn "Eternulo, granda Dio", but I couldn't quite get it to jell, so on my lunch hour, February 23, 2000 I wrote this hymn instead; I'd say it's about half a translation of Downes, half my own.
First performed as congregational song at Fremont Baptist Church, Seattle, USA, February 27, 2000

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Tune

RHUDDLAN

RHUDDLAN is a traditional Welsh tune used by harp-playing folk musicians. Named after the historic village in northern Wales, the tune was published in the musical edition of Edward Jones's Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1800). The harmonization is from the 1906 English Hymnal. Sin…

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