Creation's Lord, we give Thee thanks

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1 Creation's Lord, we give Thee thanks
That this Thy world is incomplete;
That battle calls our marshalled ranks,
That work awaits our hands and feet;

2 That Thou hast not yet finished man,
That we are in the making still,
As friends who share the Maker's plan,
As sons who know the Father's will.

3 Beyond the present sin and shame,
Wrong's bitter, cruel, scorching blight,
We see the beckoning vision flame,
The blessed kingdom of the right.

4 Since what we choose is what we are,
And what we love we yet shall be,
The goal may ever shine afar;
The will to win it makes us free.

Amen.

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #49

Author: William De Witt Hyde

Born: September 23, 1858, Winchendon, Massachusetts. Died: June 29, 1917, Brunswick, Maine. Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, Maine. Hyde lost both parents an early age, and grew up with relatives in Keene, New Hampshire. He was educated at Phillips Academy in Exeter (1875), Harvard (bachelor’s degree 1879), Union Theological Seminary (1879-80), and Andover Theological Seminary (1882). He was ordained a Congregational minister in 1883, and pastored in Paterson, New Jersey (1883-85), then served as president of Bowdoin College (1885-1917). His works include: Practical Ethics, 1892 Practical Idealism, 1897 God’s Education of Man, 1899 Jesus’ Way, 1902 From Epicurus to Christ, 1904 (reprinted in 1911… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Creation's Lord, we give Thee thanks
Author: William De Witt Hyde
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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WAREHAM (Knapp)

William Knapp (b. Wareham, Dorsetshire, England, 1698; d. Poole, Dorsetshire, 1768) composed WAREHAM, so named for his birthplace. A glover by trade, Knapp served as the parish clerk at St. James's Church in Poole (1729-1768) and was organist in both Wareham and Poole. Known in his time as the "coun…

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NOTTINGHAM (Mozart)


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