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OUR GOD, OUR GOD, THOU SHINEST HERE

Scripture Verse

Even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto His voice (for the Lord thy God is a merciful God) He will not forsake thee. Deuteronomy 4:30–31

Introduction

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Oliver Holden (1765–1844)

Words: Tho­mas H. Gill, in G. Daw­son’s Psalms and Hymns, 1846. When Gill re­pub­lished the text in his 1869 Gold­en Chain, he ac­com­pa­nied it with this quote from Mil­ton: The pow­er of Thy grace is not passed away with the pri­mi­tive times as fond and faith­less men might ima­gine, but Thy king­dom is now at hand, and Thou stand­ing at the door.

Music: Co­ro­na­tion Ol­iv­er Hol­den, Un­ion Har­mo­ny or Uni­vers­al Col­lect­ion of Sac­red Mu­sic (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: 1793) (🔊 ).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Gill (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

Lyrics

Our God, our God, Thou shin­est here,
Thine own this lat­ter day;
To us Thy ra­di­ant steps ap­pear,
Here goes Thy glo­ri­ous way!
To us Thy ra­di­ant steps ap­pear,
Here goes Thy glo­ri­ous way!

We shine not on­ly with the light
Thou shed­dest down of yore;
On us Thou stream­est strong and bright
Thy com­ings are not o’er.
On us Thou stream­est strong and bright
Thy com­ings are not o’er.

The fa­thers had not all of Thee,
New births are in Thy grace;
All open to our souls shall be
Thy glo­ry’s hid­ing-place.
All open to our souls shall be
Thy glo­ry’s hid­ing-place.

Thy com­est near; Thou stand­est by;
Our work be­gins to shine;
Thou dwell­est with us migh­ti­ly—
On come the years di­vine!
Thou dwell­est with us migh­ti­ly—
On come the years divine!