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SDA Hymnal 351

Thy Hand, O God Has Guided

Words: Edward Hayes PlumptreMusic: Arthur CottmanTune: THORNBURY7.6.7.6.D

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1Thy hand, O God has guided Thy flock from age to age; The wondrous tale is written, Full clear, on every page; Our fathers owned Thy goodness, And we their deeds record; And both of this bear witness, One church, one faith, one Lord.

2Thy heralds brought glad tidings To greatest as to least; They bade men rise, and hasten To share the great King's feast; And this was all their teaching, In ev'ry deed and word, To all alike proclaiming One church, one faith, one Lord.

3When shadows thick were falling, And all seemed sunk in night, Lord, didst send Thy servants, Thy chosen sons of light. On them and on Thy people Thy plenteous grace was poured, And this was still their message: One church, one faith, one Lord.

4Thy mercy will not fail us, Nor leave Thy work undone; With Thy right hand to help us, The victory shall be won; And then by men and angels Thy name shall be adored, And this shall be their anthem: One church, one faith, one Lord.

Meter
7.6.7.6.D
Scripture
Ephesians 4:5; 1 Corinthians 1:10

The verse

Meter
54 · the hymnal prints 7.6.7.6.D
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 41% of beats fit
Rhyme
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Verse 1

Thy hand, O God has guided Thy flock from age to age; The wondrous tale is written, Full clear, on every page; Our fathers owned Thy goodness, And we their deeds record; And both of this bear witness, One church, one faith, one Lord.//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘//////54A

Verse 2

Thy heralds brought glad tidings//˘///˘7A
To greatest as to least;˘/˘˘˘/6B
They bade men rise, and hasten˘///˘/˘7C
To share the great King's feast;˘/˘///6B
And this was all their teaching,˘˘˘/˘/˘7D
In ev'ry deed and word,˘/˘/˘/6E
To all alike proclaiming˘/˘/˘/˘7F
One church, one faith, one Lord.//////6G

Verse 3

When shadows thick were falling, And all seemed sunk in night, Lord, didst send Thy servants, Thy chosen sons of light. On them and on Thy people Thy plenteous grace was poured, And this was still their message: One church, one faith, one Lord.////˘/˘˘///˘//////˘//˘/˘/˘˘˘˘//˘/??/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘//////51A

Verse 4

Thy mercy will not fail us, Nor leave Thy work undone; With Thy right hand to help us, The victory shall be won; And then by men and angels Thy name shall be adored, And this shall be their anthem: One church, one faith, one Lord.//˘˘˘/˘˘///˘/˘///˘/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘//////53A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.