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Lord of all being, throned afar

by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894)

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 17.

Verse 1

Lord of all being, throned afar, Thy glory flames from sun and star; Center and soul of every sphere, Yet to each loving heart how near! Yet to each loving heart how near!

Verse 2

Sun of our life, thy quickening ray Sheds on our path the glow of day; Star of our hope, Thy softened light Cheers the long watches of the night, Cheers the long watches of the night.

Verse 3

Our midnight is thy smile withdrawn; Our noontide is Thy gracious dawn; Our rainbow arch, Thy mercy’s sign; All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine, All, save the clouds of sin, are Thine.

Verse 4

Lord of all life, below, above, Whose light is truth, whose warmth is love, Before Thy ever blazing throne We ask no luster of our own, We ask no luster of our own.

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