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WELWYN. (11 10. 11 10.)
Moderately slow 𝅗𝅥 = 96.
A. Scott-Gatty.
Ascribed to St. Amborse, 340–97.
Tr. J. Ellerton, F. J. A. Hort.
Rerum Deus tenax vigor.
O STRENGTH and Stay upholding all creation,
Who ever dost thyself unmoved abide,
Yet day by day the light in due gradation
From hour to hour through all its changes guide;
2 Grant to life's day a calm unclouded ending,
An eve untouched by shadows of decay,
The brightness of a holy death-bed blending
With dawning glories of the eternal day.
3. Hear us, O Father, gracious and forgiving,
Through Jesus Christ thy co-eternal Word,
Who, with the Holy Ghost, by all things living
Now and to endles8 ages art adored. Amen.
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