Lord of All Being, Throned Afar
The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
10 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #52 · 3 stanzas only in SDA Hymnal #17 · tune 80, 700, 777 → Louvan
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Verse 1
Lord of all being, throned afar,
Thy glory flames from sun and star;
Center and soul of every sphere,
Yet to each loving heart how near!
Verse 1
Lord of my life, Thy quickening ray
Sheds on my path the glow of day;
Star of my hope, Thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
Verse 2
Sun of our life, Thy quickening ray
Sheds on our path the glow of day;
Star of our hope, Thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
Verse 2
Sun of my life, thy quickening ray
Sheds on my path the glow of day;
Star of my hope, thy softened light
Cheers the long watches of the night.
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Verse 3
Our midnight is Thy
gracious dawn;
Our rainbow arch, Thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine.
Verse 3
Our midnight is Thy smile withdrawn;
Our noontide is Thy gracious dawn;
Our rainbow arch, Thy mercy's sign;
All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine.
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Verse 4
Lord of all life, below, above,
Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love,
Before Thy ever-blazing throne
We ask no luster of our own.
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Verse 5
Grant us Thy truth to make us free,
And kindling hearts that burn for Thee,
Till all Thy living altars claim
One holy light, one heavenly flame.