219. O Strength and Stay upholding all creation

1 O Strength and Stay upholding all creation,
Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour through all its changes guide;

2 Grant to life’s day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
The brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of the eternal day. A-men.

3 Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
Through Jesus Christ, thy co-eternal Word,
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living,
Now and to endless ages art adored.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O Strength and Stay upholding all creation
Translator: John Ellerton, 1826 - 93
Translator: Fenton J. A. Hort, 1828 - 92
Author (attributed to): St. Ambrose, 340 - 97
Language: English
Publication Date: 1958
Topic: The Church: Worship - Evening
Tune Information
Name: STRENGTH AND STAY
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes, 1823 - 76
Meter: 11 10, 11 10.
Key: D Major



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