LYRICS
| Meter: | 10 10 11 11
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1742
| | Bible Refs: | Ps 80:14
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 199
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 504
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 7
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymnal
| 20
| A
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 10
| Ab
| Baptist Hymnal
| 147
| Ab
| Baptist Hymnal
| 494
| Ab
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. O heavenly King,
look down from above;
Assist us to sing
thy mercy and love:
So sweetly o’erflowing,
so plenteous the store,
Thou still art bestowing,
and giving us more.
2. O God of our life,
we hallow thy name;
Our business and strife
is thee to proclaim.
Accept our thanksgiving
for creating grace;
The living, the living
show forth thy praise.
3. Our Father and Lord,
almighty art thou;
Preserved by thy word,
we worship thee now;
The bountiful donor
of all we enjoy,
Our tongues, to thine honour,
and lives we employ.
4. But O above all
thy kindness we praise,
From sin and from thrall
which saves the lost race;
Thy Son thou hast given
the world to redeem,
And bring us to heaven
whose trust is in him.
5. Wherefore of thy love
we sing and rejoice,
With angels above
we lift up our voice;
Thy love each believer
shall gladly adore,
For ever and ever,
when time is no more.
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