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Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling

REX GLORIAE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Clement C. Moore · music Henry Smart

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Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling Thine ful ry own un Mer Warmed Thou, Lord, faith glo cy, Thy in et's con de fined, cree; tongue; proph for all Thy read care, life, 3. Still 2. Thus 1. Lord we Thy of clar vid cel de pro ex ing, ing ling, Word all praise of sen res heart emb Is hum the Thy the poor cho ling rael ble Thee. sung. mind. ev lot make sor all hum 'ry of Thy cy the to Mer Who, Deignst shar cid dwell Warms To With ing, ing, ing row de ble dif owns sheaf fu Still den ow the the like wid gol Thy Thy shalt sive care; bind; light; love, har the Thy Thy Thou phan vest through or Still When As a stran plea the Beams ger, sure, tion, cre and yields all Thee in tered qual Thee scat e ev ears in Heard Of Both by the are 'ry be Thy hind. prayer. sight. Thee poor high be in and by the the Screened To So trea sta dan 'ry the ble ger, sure tion ev longs hum Clement C. Moore, 1906 REX GLORIAE 8.7.8.7.D Henry Smart, 1869
Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling Thine ful ry own un Mer Warmed Thou, Lord, faith glo cy, Thy in et's con de fined, cree; tongue; proph for all Thy read care, life, 3. Still 2. Thus 1. Lord we Thy of clar vid cel de pro ex ing, ing ling, Word all praise of sen res heart emb Is hum the Thy the poor cho ling rael ble Thee. sung. mind. ev lot make sor all hum 'ry of Thy cy the to Mer Who, Deignst shar cid dwell Warms To With ing, ing, ing row de ble dif owns sheaf fu Still den ow the the like wid gol Thy Thy shalt sive care; bind; light; love, har the Thy Thy Thou phan vest through or Still When As a stran plea the Beams ger, sure, tion, cre and yields all Thee in tered qual Thee scat e ev ears in Heard Of Both by the are 'ry be Thy hind. prayer. sight. Thee poor high be in and by the the Screened To So trea sta dan 'ry the ble ger, sure tion ev longs hum Clement C. Moore, 1906 REX GLORIAE 8.7.8.7.D Henry Smart, 1869

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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