Scripture Verse

I am the Lord, I change not. Malachi 3:6

Introduction

Words: Adapt­ed from the dai­ly hymn for the mid­day of­fice of Sext in the Ro­man Bre­vi­ary and in the Be­ne­dic­tine Rite (Rec­tor Po­tens, Ver­ax De­us).

Music: Green Mount­ains, ano­ny­mous, 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

  • Redmond in Church Hymns with Tunes, ed­it­ed by Ar­thur S. Sul­li­van (Lon­don: So­ci­ety for Pro­mot­ing Chris­tian Know­ledge, 1874), page 8 (🔊 pdf nwc)

Lyrics

Thou who canst ne­ver change nor fail,
Guiding the hours as they roll by,
Brightening with beams the morn­ing pale
And glow­ing warm in the mid­day sky.

Quench Thou the fire of hate and strife,
The wast­ing fev­er of the heart;
From per­ils guard our fee­ble life
And to our souls Thy peace im­part.

Grant this, O Fa­ther, on­ly Son,
And Holy Spir­it, God of grace,
To whom all glo­ry, Three in One,
Be giv’n in ev­ery time and place.