Text:Mysterious Presence, source of all
Author:Rev. Seth Curtis Beach
Tune:ABENDS
Composer:Herbert S. Oakeley

101. Mysterious Presence, source of all

1 Mysterious presence, source of all—
The world without, the soul within,
Fountain of life, O hear our call,
And pour Thy living waters in!

2 Thou breathest in the rushing wind;
Thy spirit stirs in leaf and flower;
Nor wilt Thou from the willing mind
Withhold Thy light and love and power.

3 Thy hand unseen to accents clear
Awoke the psalmist’s trembling lyre,
And touched the lips of holy seer
With flame from Thine own altar fire.

4 That touch divine, still, Lord, impart;
Still give the prophet’s burning word;
And, vocal in each waiting heart,
Let living psalms of praise be heard. [Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Mysterious Presence, source of all
Author: Rev. Seth Curtis Beach (1866)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1950
Topic: God the Father: His Abiding Presence; God: Presence, His Abiding; Inner Life, The (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ABENDS
Composer: Herbert S. Oakeley (1874)
Meter: L. M.
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Tune used by permission of Major E. F. Oakeley.



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