Lord of Our Life, God Whom We Fear

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Lord of our life, God whom we fear

Author: Samuel Francis Smith
Tune: LOUVAN
Published in 17 hymnals

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1 Lord of our life, God whom we fear,
Unknown, yet known; unseen, yet near;
Breath of our breath, in Thee we live;
Life of our life, our praise receive.

2 Thine eye detects the sparrow’s fall;
Thy heart of love expands for all;
Our throbbing life is full of Thee,
Throned in Thy vast infinity.

3 Shine in our darkness, Light of light,
Our minds illumine, disperse our night;
Make us responsive to Thy will,
Our souls with all Thy fullness fill.

4 We love Thy Name; we heed Thy rod;
Thy Word our law: O gracious God!
We wait Thy will; on Thee we call:
Our light, our life, our love, our all.

AMEN.

Source: The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal: official hymnal of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church #449

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Author: Samuel Francis Smith

Smith, Samuel Francis, D.D., was born in Boston, U.S.A., Oct. 21, 1808, and graduated in arts at Harvard, and in theology at Andover. He entered the Baptist ministry in 1832, and became the same year editor of the Baptist Missionary Magazine. He also contributed to the Encyclopaedia Americana. From 1834 to 1842 he was pastor at Waterville, Maine, and Professor of Modern Languages in Waterville College. In 1842 he removed to Newton, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1854, when he became the editor of the publications of the Baptist Missionary Union. With Baron Stow he prepared the Baptist collection known as The Psalmist, published in 1843, to which he contributed several hymns. The Psalmist is the most creditable and influential of… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lord of our life, God whom we fear
Title:	Lord of Our Life, God Whom We Fear
Author:	Samuel Francis Smith
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain