GRH 389 Eternal God Whose Power Upholds

(1)
Eternal God, whose power upholds
Both flow’r and flaming star,
To whom there is no here nor there,
No time, no near nor far,
No alien race, no foreign shore
No child unsought unknown:
O send us forth, Ty prophets true,
To make all lands Thine own!

(2)
O God of love, whose Spirit wakes
In ev’ry human breast,
Whom love, and love alone can know,
In whom all hearts find rest:
Help us to spread Thy gracious reign
Till greed and hate shall cease,
And kindness dwell in human hearts
And all the earth find peace!

(3)
O God of truth, whom science seeks
And reverent souls adore,
Who lightest ev’ry earnest mind,
Of ev’ry clime and shore:
Dispel the gloom of error’s night,
Of ignorance and fear,
Until true wisdom from above
Shall make life’s pathway clear!