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Hymn

Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling

IN BABILONE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Clement C. Moore · music Traditional Dutch

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Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling own proph un cy, Thy in Thine ful ry Lord, faith glo de et's con cree; tongue; fined, Thy for all read care, life, 3. Still 2. Thus 1. Lord we Thy of ing ing, ling, clar vid cel Mer Warmed Thou, ex de praise all Word pro emb Is hum the Thy the res sen of heart cho poor ling rael ble Thee. sung. mind. 'ry of Thy ev lot make cy the to Mer Who, Deignst ing, ing, ing shar cid dwell Warms To With ble de hum all sor row owns sheaf fu Thy shalt sive the the like ow den dif wid gol Thy bind; care; light; or har love, vest phan through the Thy Thy Still When As ger, sure, tion, plea a stran Still Thou Beams and yields all cre Thee the ev ears in by the are in tered qual Thee scat e 'ry be Thy prayer. hind. sight. poor high Thee be in and by the the Screened To So ger, sure tion dan trea sta Heard Of Both the ble ev longs hum 'ry Clement C. Moore, 1906 IN BABILONE 8.7.8.7.D Traditional Dutch

1.Lord of life, all praise excelling,
Thou, in glory unconfined,
Deignst to make Thy humble dwelling
With the poor of humble mind.
As Thy love, through all creation,
Beams like Thy diffusive light;
So the high and humble station
Both are equal in Thy sight.

2.Thus Thy care, for all providing,
Warmed Thy faithful prophet's tongue;
Who, the lot of all deciding,
To Thy chosen Israel sung.
When Thy harvest yields Thee pleasure,
Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind;
To the poor belongs the treasure
Of the scattered ears behind.

3.Still we read Thy Word declaring
Mercy, Lord, Thine own decree;
Mercy ev'ry sorrow sharing,
Warms the heart resembling Thee.
Still the orphan and the stranger,
Still the widow owns Thy care;
Screened by Thee in ev'ry danger,
Heard by Thee in ev'ry prayer.

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