LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 D (D.S.M.)
| | Writer(s): | E. A. Burroughs
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| | Dates: |
| | Bible Refs: |
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 503
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 30
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 343
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymn Book
| 503
| G
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 819
| G
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| 1. Lord God, from whom all life
And all true gladness springs,
Whose love and care
shine everywhere
Among earth’s common things;
Be present while we lift
Our song to thee, and pay
Heart-gratitude for all things good
About our path to-day.
2. We thank thee for the grace
In friend and brother found;
For human love that points above
To where all love is crowned:
O may such friendship here
Be to Thy children given,
As shall endure, deep, fair and pure,
Till all be one in heaven.
3. But most we bless thee, Lord,
That here Thy Spirit’s breath
Blows clear and strong
to baffle wrong
And win our lives from death:
O may each heart accept
The entrance of Thy power,
And take Thee hence
for sure defence
And help in evil hour.
4. So, when our lives, to-day
Within one circle brought,
Are sundered wide along the tide
Of human work and thought,
One song shall yet be ours,
One life, one family,
One pathway still, by vale or hill,
Shall lead us home to thee.
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