Almighty Father, who dost give

Representative Text

1 Almighty Father-God, you give
the gift of life to all who live,
look down on all earth’s sin and strife
and lift us to a nobler life.

2 Lift up our hearts, O King of kings,
to brighter hopes and kindlier things,
to visions of a larger good,
and holier dreams of brotherhood.

3 The world is weary of its pain,
of selfish greed and fruitless gain,
of tarnished honour, falsely strong,
and all its ancient deeds of wrong.

4 Hear now the prayer Your servants pray,
uprising from all lands today,
and, over vanquished powers of sin,
O bring Your great salvation in!

Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #614

Author: John Howard Bertram Masterman

Masterman served as bishop of Plymouth. http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/s/masterman_jhb.htm Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Almighty Father, who dost give
Author: John Howard Bertram Masterman
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

VERMONT (Floyd)


DUKE STREET

First published anonymously in Henry Boyd's Select Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1793), DUKE STREET was credited to John Hatton (b. Warrington, England, c. 1710; d, St. Helen's, Lancaster, England, 1793) in William Dixon's Euphonia (1805). Virtually nothing is known about Hatton, its composer,…

Go to tune page >


LEIGHTON (Leighton)


Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #48
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 3 of 3)

Hymns and Psalms #399

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #48

Text

The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #614

Include 23 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us