LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Laurence Housman
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1906
| | Bible Refs: | Gen 1:16
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 244
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 71
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 136
| New English Hymnal
| 1985
| 38
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 54
| The English Hymnal
| 1906
| 16
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MUSIC
Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 136
| E
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 855
| E
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. The Maker of the sun and moon,
the Maker of our earth,
lo! late in time, a fairer boon,
himself is brought to birth!
2. How blest was all creation then,
when God so gave increase;
and Christ, to heal the hearts of men,
brought righteousness and peace!
3. No star in all the heights of heaven
but burned to see him go;
yet unto earth alone was given
his human form to know.
4. His human form, by man denied,
took death for human sin:
his endless love, through faith descried,
still lives the world to win.
5. O perfect Love, outpassing sight,
O Light beyond our ken,
come down through all the world tonight,
and heal the hearts of men!
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