LYRICS
MUSIC
 Hymns of Faith
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| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 237
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| Believers Hymn Book
| 274
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 43
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 90
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| Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard
| 267
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| 1. Today, O Lord, a holier work
Thy secret counsels frame,
A king to rule Thy new made world,
To praise Thy glorious Name.
2. Thou formest man:
Thy Spirit breathes
Life into dust of earth:
Man, in Thine own true image made,
From Thee receives his birth.
3. And henceforth he dominion holds
O’er all in earth and sea;
Yet mindful whence his being came
Must humbly walk with Thee.
4. Alas! his willful heart rebels
Against Thy gentle sway;
Proud dust of earth would fain be like
The God Whom all obey.
5. O griefs and sorrows numberless,
Which hence the world o’erspread;
Jesu, Thy mercy succored us,
Or hope itself had fled.
6. O praise the Father, and the Son
Who saved us by His death,
And Holy Ghost Who quickens us
With His life giving breath.
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