Scripture Verse

As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God. John 1:12

Introduction

portrait
Samuel Wesley (1810–1876)

Words: Co­lum­ba (521–597) (De­us Pa­ter Cre­den­ti­um). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Dun­can Mac­gre­gor, 1897.

Music: Au­re­lia Sam­uel S. Wes­ley, in A Se­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns, by Charles Kem­ble (Lon­don: John F. Shaw, 1864), num­ber 122 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mac­gre­gor (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Columba (521–597)

Lyrics

O God, Thou art the Fa­ther
Of all that have be­lieved;
From whom all hosts of an­gels
Have life and pow­er re­ceived.
O God, Thou art the Mak­er
Of all cre­at­ed things,
The right­eous Judge of judges,
Th’al­migh­ty King of kings.

High in the hea­v’n­ly Zi­on
Thou reign­est God ad­ored;
And in the com­ing glo­ry
Thou shalt be so­ver­eign Lord.
Beyond our ken Thou shin­est,
The ev­er­last­ing Light;
Ineffable in lov­ing,
Unthinkable in might.

Thou to the meek and low­ly
Thy sec­rets dost un­fold;
O God, Thou do­est all things,
All things both new and old.
I walk se­cure and bless­èd
In ev­ery clime or coast,
In name of God the Fa­ther,
And Son, and Ho­ly Ghost.