O God of truth, whose living word (I) - Anonymous

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"Melody from Edmund Prys’s ''Llyfr y Psalmau'', 1621. A descant to the hymn can be found St. Mary (Alan Gray)."

◈ Genre / Form Hymns

♯ Key C minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SAB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – D5

¶ Language → English

Measures 24

Texture Polyphonic

Parts 3

Instruments SAB

Pages 1

CPDL # 62726

Editor Andrew Sims

Posted 2021-02-07

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Midi_74

G2 – C4

¶Lyrics / Text

O God of truth, whose living word upholds whate’er hath breath, look down on thy creation, Lord, enslaved by sin and death. Set up thy standard, Lord, that we who claim a heavenly birth may march with thee to smite the lies that vex thy groaning earth. Ah, would we join that blest array, and follow in the might of him, the Faithful and the True, in raiment clean and white? We fight for truth? we fight for God? poor slaves of lies and sin! he who would fight for thee on earth must first be true within. Then, God of truth, for whom we long, thou who wilt hear our prayer, do thine own battle in our hearts, and slay the falsehood there. Yea, come! then, tried as in the fire, from every lie set free, thy perfect truth shall dwell in us, and we shall live in thee.