743. O threefold God of tender unity
1 O threefold God of tender unity,
life’s great unknown that binds and sets us free:
felt in our loving, greater than our thought,
you are the mystery found, the mystery sought.
2 O blaze of radiance, source of light that blinds,
the fiery splendor of prophetic minds,
you live in mystery, yet within us dwell;
life springs from you as from a living well.
3 Most loving Parent, Child of joys and pains
creative Spirit, life force that sustains,
in bone and flesh, we touch your gentle hand,
your face we see in water, air, and land.
4 In ev’ry making, each creative dream
and in the flow of life’s great healing stream,
when love is born or people reconciled,
we share your life, O Parent, Spirit, Child.
5 O threefold God of tender unity,
life’s great unknown that binds and sets us free:
felt in our loving, greater than our thought,
you are the mystery found, the mystery sought.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | O threefold God of tender unity |
| Title: | O threefold God of tender unity |
| Author: | W. L. Wallace (b. 1933) |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
| Topic: | Hymns and Spiritual Songs: Threefold God: God |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | © 1988 by the Hymn Society. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188 Your [sic] must contact GIA Publications, Inc. to reproduce this music and Hope Publishing to reproduce these words. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | FLENTGE |
| Composer: | Carl Flentge Schalk (b. 1929) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10 |
| Key: | D Major |
| Copyright: | © 1979 Gina Publications, Inc. Your [sic] must contact GIA Publications, Inc. to reproduce this music and Hope Publishing to reproduce these words. |
