LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Ellerton
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1870,1871
| | Bible Refs: | Jn 4:24
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 863
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 590
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 627
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 465
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 448
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 534
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 18
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 13
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 13
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 376
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 949
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 24
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 39
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 16
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 15
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 14
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 59
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 10
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MUSIC
Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 155
| E
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 279
| E
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 306
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 627
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 87
| Eb
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 25
| Eb
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Alternate Tunes
| ST. PETER | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Alexander Robert Reinagle | | FARRANT | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Richard Farrant | | ST. BERNARD | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | 1741 Tochter Sion, Cologne & John Richardson | | ST. FLAVIAN | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | 1562 Day's Psalter | | JACKSON | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Thomas Jackson |
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| 1. Behold us, Lord, a little space
From daily tasks set free,
And met within Thy holy place
To rest awhile with Thee.
2. Around us rolls the ceaseless tide
Of business, toil, and care;
And scarcely can we turn aside
For one brief hour of prayer.
3. Yet these are not the only walls
Wherein Thou may’st be sought:
On homeliest work
Thy blessing falls
In truth and patience wrought.
4. Thine is the loom,
the forge, the mart,
The wealth of land and sea,
The worlds of science and of art,
Revealed and ruled by Thee.
5. Then let us prove
our heavenly birth
In all we do and know;
And claim the kingdom of the earth,
For Thee, and not Thy foe.
6. Work shall be prayer,
if all be wrought
As Thou would have it done;
And prayer, by Thee
inspired and taught,
Itself with work be one.
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