We sing of God, the mighty source (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)
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- (Posted 2022-07-12) CPDL #69993:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 50 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-07-12) CPDL #69992:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-07-12). Score information: A4, 1 page, 100 kB Copyright: CPDL
- {{EdNotes|The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words}.}
General Information
Title: We sing of God, the mighty source
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Cornwall
Lyricist: Christopher Smart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 886. 886
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
We sing of God, the mighty source
of all things; the stupendous force
on which all strength depends;
from whose right arm, beneath whose eyes,
all period, power, and enterprise
commences, reigns, and ends.
Tell them I AM, the Lord God said,
to Moses while on earth in dread
and smitten to the heart,
at once, above, beneath, around,
all nature without voice or sound
replied, O Lord, thou art.
Glorious the sun in mid career;
glorious th’ assembled fires appear;
glorious the comet’s train:
glorious the trumpet and alarm;
glorious th’ almighty stretched-out arm;
glorious th’ enraptured main:
Glorious, most glorious, is the crown
of him that brought salvation down
by meekness, Mary’s son;
seers that stupendous truth believed,
and now the matchless deed’s achieved,
determined, dared, and done.