Today, O Lord, a Holier Work

 

VERSE 1

Today, O Lord, a holier work

Thy secret counsels frame,

A king to rule Thy new made world,

To praise Thy glorious Name.

 

VERSE 2

Thou formest man: Thy Spirit breathes

Life into dust of earth:

Man, in Thine own true image made,

From Thee receives his birth.

 

VERSE 3

And henceforth he dominion holds

O’er all in earth and sea;

Yet mindful whence his being came

Must humbly walk with Thee.

 

VERSE 4

Alas! his willful heart rebels

Against Thy gentle sway;

Proud dust of earth would fain be like

The God Whom all obey.

 

VERSE 5

O griefs and sorrows numberless,

Which hence the world o’erspread;

Jesu, Thy mercy succored us,

Or hope itself had fled.

 

VERSE 6

O praise the Father, and the Son

Who saved us by His death,

And Holy Ghost Who quickens us

With His life giving breath.

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