Lord of All Being, Throned Afar
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Composer: Leroy J. Robertson
Languages (3)
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- English: Lord of All Being, Throned Afar
- Portuguese: Grande Senhor da Criação
- Swedish: Fader, du skapat allt på jord
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1860 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Gray Book of Favorite Songs (1924), 19a.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star, Center and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near!
2. Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night.
3. Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn; Our noontide is thy gracious dawn; Our rainbow arch, thy mercy’s sign; All, save the clouds of sin, are thine.
4. Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before thy ever-blazing throne We ask no luster of our own.
5. Grant us thy truth to make us free, And kindle hearts that burn for thee Till all thy living altars claim One holy light, one heavenly flame.
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