Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church ‎#260

260. There's But a Small Beginning Made

1 There’s but a small beginning made;
The earth is still o’ercast with shade.
Break forth, Thou Sun of righteousness,
With healing beams the nations bless.

2 Whene’er we to mankind proclaim
Thy dying love and precious Name,
Support Thy servants’ weakness, Lord,
By Thy blest Spirit, grace and word.

3 Lord of the harvest, laborers send
Who willing are their live to spend
In scorching heat and chilling cold
To bring the heathen to Thy fold.

4 When all our labor here is o’er,
And when our light shall burn no more,
When our endeavors have an end,
Then let our souls to Thee ascend.

Text Information

• First Line: There's but a small beginning made
• Title: There's But a Small Beginning Made
• Author: Nicholas L. von Zinzendorf, 1700-1760 (1739)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1969
• Topic: The Church's Life and Work: Spread of the Gospel

Tune Information

• Name: OLD HUNDREDTH
• Composer: Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-c. 1561
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: G Major
• Source: in Genevan Psalter, 1551. (Altered form)

Tune Information:

(22, E)