Text: | Creator of the Stars of Night |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-66 |
Tune: | CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM |
1 Creator of the stars of night,
Thy people's everlasting Light:
Jesus, Redeemer, save us all
And hear thy servants when they call.
2 Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death a universe,
Hast found the healing, full of grace,
To cure and save our ruined race.
3 Thou camest, the Bridegroom of the bride,
As drew the world to eventide,
The spotless Victim all divine
Proceeding from a virgin shrine.
4 At whose dread name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow;
All things celestial thee shall own,
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.
5 O thou, whose coming is with dread
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us from the ancient Foe
While still we dwell on earth below.
6 To God the Father and the Son
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Praise, honor, might, and glory be
From age to age eternally. Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Creator of the stars of night |
Title: | Creator of the Stars of Night |
Translator: | John Mason Neale, 1818-66 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Publication Date: | 1969 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Adventtide |
Source: | 9th-century Office hymn |
Notes: | Latin: Conditor alme siderum |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Source: | Sarum plainsong, Mode IV |