LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Edward Osler
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| | Dates: | 1936
| | Bible Refs: | Col 1:15
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 384
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 227
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 236
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 435
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 219
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 52
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 281
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard
| 1983
| 272
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 412
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 320
| Hymns for Today's Church 2
| 1988
| 421
| Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Editi
| 2000
| 496
| Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition
| 1996
| 367
| Oxford Hymn Book
| 1925
| 152
| Sarum Hymnal
| 1869
| 227
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 250
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 238
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 446
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 322
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 321
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 198
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 332
| Universal Hymn Book
| 1885
| 328
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MUSIC
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 195
| F
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 635
| F
| Hymns of Faith
| 428
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 502
| F
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 43
| F
| Believers Hymn Book
| 6
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 16
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 42
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 162
| F
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 168
| F
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Alternate Tunes
| MEDITATION | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | John Henry Gower | | LINCOLN | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Thomas Ravenscroft | | ABBEY | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | (1615) Scottish Psalter | | ALBANO | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Francis Vincent Novello | | IRISH | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | Dublin 1749 Hymns and Sacred Poems |
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| 1. O God, unseen yet ever near,
Thy presence may we feel;
And thus inspired with holy fear,
Before Thine altar kneel.
2. Here may Thy faithful people know
The blessings of Thy love,
The streams that through the desert flow,
The manna from above.
3. We come, obedient to Thy Word,
To feast on heav’nly food;
Our meat the body of the Lord,
Our drink His precious blood.
4. Thus may we all Thy Word obey,
For we, O God, are Thine;
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renewed with strength divine.
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