Thursday, March 28, 2024

From thee all skill and science flow

462 Gräfenburg. C. M.

1. From Thee all skill and science flow,
   All pity, care and love,
   All calm and courage, faith and hope;
   O pour them from above.

2. And part them, Lord, to each and all,
   As each and all shall need,
   To rise, like incense, each to Thee,
   In noble thought and deed.

3. And hasten, Lord, that perfect day
   When pain and death shall cease;
   And Thy just rule shall fill the earth
   With health, and light, and peace.

4. When ever blue the sky shall gleam,
   And ever green the sod;
   And man’s rude work deface no more
   The paradise of God.
                         Charles Kingsley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1939 edition

<idle musing>
According to cyberhymnal, the original version of this hymn started with these verses:

Accept this building, gracious Lord,
No temple though it be;
We raised it for our suffering kin,
And so, good Lord, for Thee.

Accept our little gift, and give,
To all who may here dwell,
The will and power to do their work,
Or bear their sorrows well.

According to the bio at hymnary.org (see link above), the hymn was six stanzas and composed for the celebration of building a hospital.
</idle musing>

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