The Hymnal 1982 15
O God, creation's secret force
- Tune
- te lucis ante terminum
- Author(s)
- Ambrose of Milan, 340-397; John Mason Neale, 1818-1866; James Waring McCrady, b. 1938
- Composer(s)
- Gerard Farrell, b. 1919
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8
- Tune Source(s)
- Mode 8
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1 O God, creation's secret force, yourself unmoved, all motion's source, you, from the morn till evening's ray, through all its changes guide the day:
2 Grant us, when this short life is past, the glorious evening that shall last; that, by a holy death attained, eternal glory may be gained.
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