Eternal God, Whose Power Upholds

Eternal God

whose pow­er up­holds

Both flow­er and flam­ing star

To whom there is no here nor there

No time

no near nor far

No ali­en race

no for­eign shore

No child un­sought

un­known

O send us forth

Thy pro­phets true

To make all lands Thine own!

O God of love

whose Spir­it wakes

In ev­ery hu­man breast

Whom love

and love alone can know

In whom all hearts find rest

Help us to spread Thy gra­cious reign

Till greed and hate shall cease

And kind­ness dwell in hu­man hearts

And all the earth find peace!

O God of truth

whom sci­ence seeks

And rev­er­ent souls ad­ore

Who light­est ev­ery ear­nest mind

Of ev­ery clime and shore

Dispel the gloom of er­ror’s night

Of ig­nor­ance and fear

Until true wis­dom from ab­ove

Shall make life’s path­way clear!

O God of beau­ty

oft re­vealed

In dreams of hu­man art

In speech that flows to me­lo­dy

In ho­li­ness of heart

Teach us to ban all ug­li­ness

That blinds our eyes to Thee

Till all shall know the love­li­ness

Of lives made fair and free.

O God of right­eous­ness and grace

Seen in the Christ

Thy Son

Whose life and death re­veal Thy face

By whom Thy will was done.

Inspire Thy her­alds of good news

To live Thy life di­vine

Till Christ has formed in all man­kind

And ev­ery land is Thine!