5075. O Light, from Age to Age the Same

1. O Light, from age to age the same,
O ever living Word,
Here have we felt Thy kindling flame,
Thy voice within have heard.

2. Here holy thought and hymn and prayer
Have winged the Spirit’s powers,
And made these walls divinely fair,
Thy temple, Lord, and ours.

3. O not in vain their toil who wrought
To build faith’s freer shrine;
Nor theirs whose steadfast love and thought
Have watched the fire divine.

4. Burn, holy Fire, and shine more wide!
While nations rise and fall,
Faith, hope, and charity abide,
The heart and soul of all.

Text Information
First Line: O Light, from age to age the same
Title: O Light, from Age to Age the Same
Author: Frederick L. Hosmer (1890, alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: This hymn was written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Congregational Church in Quincy, Illinois.
Tune Information
Name: ST. STEPHEN
Composer: William Jones (1789)
Meter: CM
Incipit: 35312 17123 45123
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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