90   Eternal God Whose Power Upholds




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Eternal God whose power upholds
Both flower 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 Your prophets true
To make all lands Your own!

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O God of truth whom science seeks
And reverent souls adore
Illumine every earnest mind
Of every 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!

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O God of beauty oft revealed
In dreams of human art
In speech that flows to melody
In holiness of heart:
Teach us to ban all ugliness
And all disharmony
Till all shall know the loveliness
Of lives made fair and free!

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O God of righteousness and grace
Seen in the Christ Your Son
Whose life and death reveal Your face
By whom Your will was done;
Help us to spread Your gracious reign
Till greed and hate shall cease
And kindness dwell in human hearts
And all the earth find peace!