LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Oliver Wendell Holmes
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| | Dates: | 1848
| | Bible Refs: | Rev 4:2-3; Jn 1:4
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 245
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 63
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 307
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 506
| Complete Mission Praise
| 2000
| 439
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 11
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 32
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 403
| New Redemption Hymnal
| 1986
| 1
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 295
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 564
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 434
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 291
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 419
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MUSIC
 Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 320
| D
| Hymns of Faith
| 456
| D
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 518
| E
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 63
| E
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 32
| E
| Living Praise
| 128
| Eb
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 451
| Eb
| Baptist Hymnal
| 385
| Eb
| Baptist Hymnal
| 426
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 122
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 11
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
| OMBERSLEY | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | William Henry Gladstone | | MENDON | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | German Tune & Samuel Dyer | | UFFINGHAM | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Jeremiah Clarke | | LOUVAN | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Virgil Corydon Taylor | | ARIZONA | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Robert Henry Earnshaw | | TRANSYLVANIA | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Hungarian chorale & Robert Levine Sanders |
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| 1. Lord of all being, thronèd afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
2. Sun of our life, Thy quickening ray,
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, Thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
3. Our midnight is Thy smile withdrawn;
Our noontide is Thy gracious dawn;
Our rainbow arch, Thy mercy’s sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine.
4. Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth,
Whose warmth is love,
Before Thy ever blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.
5. Grant us Thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that burn for Thee,
Till all Thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.
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