Scripture Verse

He knoweth the secrets of the heart. Psalm 44:21

Introduction

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Charles Coffin (1676–1749)

Words: Charles Cof­fin, in the Pa­ris Bre­vi­ary, 1736 (Su­preme Mo­tor cor­di­um). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Is­aac Will­iams, Hymns Trans­lat­ed from the Pa­ri­si­an Bre­vi­ary, 1839.

Music: Cha­pel Roy­al Will­iam Boyce, in A Col­lect­ion of Me­lo­dies for the Psalms of Da­vid cir­ca 1765 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William Boyce (1710–1779)
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Lyrics

Great mov­er of all hearts, whose hand
Doth all the sec­ret springs com­mand
Of human thought and will,
Thou, since the world was made, dost bless
Thy saints with fruits of ho­li­ness,
Their or­der to ful­fill.

Faith, hope, and love here weave one chain;
But love alone shall then re­main
When this short day is gone:
O love, O truth, O end­less light,
When shall we see Thy Sab­bath bright
With all our la­bors done?

We sow ’mid pe­rils here and tears;
There the glad hand the har­vest bears,
Which here in grief hath sown:
Great Three in One, the in­crease give;
Thy gifts of grace, by which we live,
With hea­ven­ly glo­ry crown.