Text: | Almighty Father-God, you give |
Author: | John Howard Bertram Masterman, 1867-1933 |
Tune: | WAREHAM |
Composer: | William Knapp, 1698-1768` |
Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
1 Almighty Father-God, you give
the gift of life to all who live,
look down on all earth’s sin and strife
and lift us to a nobler life.
2 Lift up our hearts, O King of kings,
to brighter hopes and kindlier things,
to visions of a larger good,
and holier dreams of brotherhood.
3 The world is weary of its pain,
of selfish greed and fruitless gain,
of tarnished honour, falsely strong,
and all its ancient deeds of wrong.
4 Hear now the prayer Your servants pray,
uprising from all lands today,
and, over vanquished powers of sin,
O bring Your great salvation in!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Almighty Father-God, you give |
Author: | John Howard Bertram Masterman, 1867-1933 (adapt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2004 |
Source: | Adapt.: Compilers |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WAREHAM |
Composer: | William Knapp, 1698-1768` |
Harmonizer: | David Evans, 1874-1948 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927 |
Copyright: | Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press |