LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | John Armstrong
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1847
| | Bible Refs: | Phi 2:15; Ps 133; 1 Co 13:13; 2 Co 4:1-2
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 412
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 252
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 257
| Church Hymnal Revised
| 1920
| 181
| Hymnal Comp to Book of Common Prayer
| 1890
| 51
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition
| 1904
| 543
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised
| 1950
| 471
| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 1922
| 353
| Mirfield Mission Hymn Book
| 1955
| 101
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 286
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 264
| The Church Hymnal for the Christian Year
| 1917
| 422
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 232
| The Hymnal 1916
| 1916
| 454
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MUSIC
Baptist Hymn Book
| 677
| Eb
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 736
| Eb
| Hymns of Faith
| 603
| Eb
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 847
| Eb
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 357
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. O Thou Who makest souls to shine
With light from brighter worlds above,
Now send Thy glistening dew divine
On all who seek a Savior’s love!
2. Do Thou Thy benediction give
On all who teach, on all who learn,
That all Thy Church may holier live,
And every lamp more brightly burn.
3. Give those that teach
pure hearts and wise,
Faith, hope, and love,
all warmed by prayer;
Themselves first training for the skies,
They best will raise their people there.
4. Give those, who learn, the willing ear,
The spirit meek, the guileless mind;
Such gifts will make the lowliest here
Far better than a kingdom find.
5. O bless the shepherd,
bless the sheep,
That guide and guided both be one—
One in the faithful watch they keep,
Until this hurrying life be done.
6. If thus, good Lord, Thy grace be giv’n,
In Thee to live, in Thee to die,
Before we upward pass to Heav’n,
We taste our immortality.
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