LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 5 6 5 D
| | Writer(s): | William Walsham How
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1871
| | Bible Refs: | Ec 11:7
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 647
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 722
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 314
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 509
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 82
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 613
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 361
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 62
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 673
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 6
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 7
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 620
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 599
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 377
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MUSIC
| Name: | RUTH
| | Meter: | 6 5 6 5 D
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Smith
| | Dates: | ©1865 Novello and Company, Limited
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Baptist Hymn Book
| 722
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 62
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 361
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 673
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Summer suns are glowing
Over land and sea,
Happy light is flowing
Bountiful and free;
Everything rejoices
In the mellow rays,
All earth’s thousand voices
Swell the psalm of praise.
2. God’s free mercy streameth
Over all the world,
And his banner gleameth
Everywhere unfurled.
Broad and deep and glorious
As the heaven above,
Shines in might victorious
His eternal love.
3. Lord, upon our blindness
Thy pure radiance pour;
For thy loving-kindness
Make us love thee more;
And when clouds are drifting
Dark across our sky,
Then, the veil uplifting,
Father, be thou nigh.
4. We will never doubt thee,
Though thou veil thy light;
Life is dark without thee,
Death with thee is bright.
Light of light, shine o’er us
On our pilgrim way;
Go thou still before us
To the endless day.
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