Introductory pages - New Creation Teaching Ministry

51 Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824–1908
1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessèd, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.
2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love.
3. To all life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on a tree,
And wither and perish: but nought changeth Thee.
4. Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
Of all Thy rich graces this grace, Lord, impart—
Take the veil from our faces, the veil from our heart.
5. All laud we would render: O help us to see,
ʼTis only the splendour of light hideth Thee;
And so let Thy glory, Almighty, impart
Through Christ in the story, Thy Christ to the heart.
52 Geoffrey Bingham, 1919–2009
1. Most holy Father, now we bow before You,
Children created by the Breath of God;
Formed for Your purpose, shaped into Your image,
Glorious children of the living God.
2. Sin had divided, love had changed to hatred,
True adoration had been turned to guilt;
Horror of horrors, manʼs fearful divisions,
Manʼs blood by man had been so wrongly spilt.
3. Lonely and wounded, hurt turned into hatred,
Bitter and vengeful, living in sinʼs doom;
No shaft of light to break through lifeʼs deep sorrow,
Spirits of men unbowed before wrathʼs doom.
4. Son of the Father, sent by Him who loved us,
Warm flesh as ours became in Bethlehemʼs inn,
Baptized by Spirit, mighty in His power;
Great Godʼs great Conqueror over all our sin.
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