21. 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.

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.

Text Information
First Line: O strength and stay upholding all creation
Author: St Ambrose (c. 340--397)
Translator: John Ellerton (1826-1893)
Translator: Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892)
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Church Year: Trinity; Creation; Death and Bereavement (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: STRENGTH AND STAY
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
Meter: 11 10 11 10
Key: D Major



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