Stewardship
Lord of Glory, Who Hast Bought Us
- Words:
- Eliza S. Alderson, 1864. Music: 'HyFrydol' Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Setting: "The English Hymnal", 1906.
- Metre:
- 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 7
- 1Lord of Glory, who hast bought uswith Thy lifeblood as the price,Never grudging for the lost onesthat tremendous sacrifice;And with that hast freely givenblessings countless as the sand,To th'unthankful and the evilwith Thine own unsparing hand.
- 2Grant us hearts, dear Lord, to yield Theegladly, freely, of Thine own.With the sunshine of Thy goodnessmelt our thankless hearts of stone.Till our cold and selfish natures,warmed by Thee, at length believeThat more happy and more blessed'tis to give than to receive.
- 3Wondrous honor hast Thou givento our humblest charity.In Thine own mysterious sentence,"Ye have done it unto Me."Can it be, O gracious Master,Thou dost deign for alms to sue,Saying by Thy poor and needy,"Give as I have given you"
- 4Lord of Glory, who hast bought uswith Thy lifeblood as the price,Never grudging for the lost onesthat tremendous sacrifice;Give us faith, to trust Thee boldly;hope, to stay our souls on Thee;But O, best of all Thy graces,give us Thine own charity.
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In the hymnals
- Written in 1868, the words are in 68 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Hyfrydol, is in 728 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.