Glory Be To God The Father
- Words:
- Horatius Bonar
- Music:
- John Hughes
Sheet music
- 1Glory be to God the Father,Glory be to God the Son,Glory be to God the Spirit–Great Jehovah, Three in One!Glory, glory, glory, glory,While eternal ages run, (ages run,)While eternal ages run!
- 2Glory be to Him Who loved us,Washed us from each spot and stain;Glory be to Him who bought us,Made us kings with Him to reign!Glory, glory, glory, glory,To the Lamb that once was slain, (once was slain,)To the Lamb that once was slain!
- 3Glory, blessing, praise eternal!Thus the choir of angels sings!Honor, riches, pow’r, dominion!Thus its praise creation brings!Glory, glory, glory, glory,Glory to the King of Kings, (King of Kings,)Glory to the King of Kings!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1866, the words are in 221 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.