Missions
God, Whose Almighty Word
- Words:
- John Marriott, 1813.
- Music:
- 'Italian Hymn' Felice de Giardini, 1769.
- Setting:
- "The Methodist Sunday School Hymnal", 1911.
- Metre:
- 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
- 1God, whose almighty wordChaos and darkness heardAnd took their flight:Hear us, we humble pray,And where the Gospel daySheds not its glorious ray,Let there be light!
- 2Lord, who once came to bring,On your redeeming wing,Healing and sight,Health to the sick in mind,Sight to the inly blind:Oh, now to humankindLet there be light!
- 3Spirit of truth and love,Life giving, holy dove,Speed forth your flight;Move on the water's face,Bearing the lamp of grace,And in earth's darkest placeLet there be light!
- 4Holy and blessed three,Glorious Trinity,Wisdom, love, might!Boundless as ocean's tide,Rolling in fullest pride,Through the earth, far and wide,Let there be light!
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- The tune, Italian Hymn, is in 1,672 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. 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.