Thy love for all Thy creatures

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Thy love for all Thy creatures

Author: Godfrey Thring
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 Thy love for all Thy creatures
What tongue, O God, may tell?
The morning, noon, and evening
Alike our praise compel.
The morning, noon, and evening,
Whene'er they rise or fall,
Unite to hymn Thy praises,
Great Maker of them all.

2 Behold! the sun in splendour
Hath lit his fires on high,
The farther on his journey,
The higher in the sky;
And when again he sinketh
Beneath the western wave,
A radiant crown of glory
Shall kindle o'er his grave.

3 May we to whom in mercy
A righter light is given,
The farther on our journey,
The nearer be to heaven:
And when the shades of evening
Shall lengthen o'er our heads,
May rays of heavenly glory
Illume our dying beds.

4 Shine! shine! Thou Sun Eternal,
And cast a ray divine,
On those who hymn Thy praises,
Both now and ever shine;
For then no cloud of evening
Shall gather round the past,
But Thou, O Christ, shalt light us
Safe home,--safe home at last.

Source: Churches of Christ Hymn Book #54

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Author: Godfrey Thring

Godfrey Thring (b. Alford, Somersetshire, England, 1823; d. Shamley Green, Guilford, Surrey, England, 1903) was born in the parsonage of Alford, where his father was rector. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England, he was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1847. After serving in several other parishes, Thring returned to Alford and Hornblotten in 1858 to succeed his father as rector, a position he retained until his own retirement in 1893. He was also associated with Wells Cathedral (1867-1893). After 1861 Thring wrote many hymns and published several hymnals, including Hymns Congregational (1866), Hymns and Sacred Lyrics (1874), and the respected A Church of England Hymn Book Adapted to the Daily Services of the Church… Go to person page >

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