O God, thou art the Father

Representative Text

1 O God, thou art the Father
of all that have believed:
from whom all hosts of angels
have life and power received.
O God, thou art the maker
of all created things,
the righteous Judge of judges,
the almighty King of kings.

2 High in the heavenly Zion
thou reignest God adored;
and in the coming glory
thou shalt be Sovereign Lord.
Beyond our ken thou shinest,
the everlasting Light;
ineffable in loving,
unthinkable in might.

3 Thou to the meek and lowly
thy secrets dost unfold;
O God, thou doest all things,
all things both new and old.
I walk secure and blessèd
in every clime or coast,
in name of God the Father,
and Son, and Holy Ghost.

Source: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #119

Author: St. Columba

Saint Columba (Irish: Colm Cille, 'church dove'; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Columba reportedly studied under some of Ireland's most prominent church figures and founded several monasteries in the country. Around 563 he and his twelve companions sailed to Iona in Scotland, then part of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata, where th… Go to person page >

Tune

DURROW

DURROW was originally a traditional Irish folk melody associated with "Captain Thomson," a sea song from Ireland's Limerick region (Durrow is the name of a town in Ireland between Port Laoise and Kilkenny). The tune first appeared as a hymn tune in the Church Hymnary of 1927. The harmonization by Wi…

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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #4914
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Small Church Music #5764
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Instances

Instances (1 - 9 of 9)
Text

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #119

Hymns and Psalms #52a

Hymns and Psalms #52b

Text

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #119

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #474

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #22

Audio

Small Church Music #5764

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #4914

生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #28

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
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