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Text: | Strong Son of God, Immortal Love |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson |
Tune: | ST.CRISPIN |
Composer: | George J. Elvey |
1 Strong Son of God, immortal Love,
Whom we, that have not seen Thy face,
By faith, and faith alone, embrace,
Believing where we cannot prove;
2 Thou seemest human and divine,
The highest, holiest manhood, Thou.
Our wills are ours, we know not how;
Our wills are ours, to make them Thine.
3 Our little systems have their day;
They have their day and cease to be;
They are but broken lights of Thee,
And Thou, O Lord, art more than they.
4 Let knowledge grow from more to more,
But more of reverence in us dwell;
That mind and soul, according well,
May make one music as before.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Strong Son of God, immortal Love |
Title: | Strong Son of God, Immortal Love |
Author: | Alfred Tennyson (1850) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Christ: Leader; Christ: Presence; Faith(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST.CRISPIN |
Composer: | George J. Elvey (1862) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternative tune, "Quebec," Hymn 215. |