Worship — Opening Hymns

O Thou who dwellest up on high

No. 1
Metre L. M.
Tune Old Hundred
Words Anon.
Music Guillaume Franc.
Key G major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

O Thou who dwellest up on high,To whom our prayers and praises fly,Once more our voices all uniteIn song to thee, O God of light!

Our humble gratitude we speak,For all the blessings of the week,As at thy throne of grace we bowAnd ask thee for a blessing now.

O bless us as we meet to-day,While unto thee we sing and pray;O bless the word of truth we hear,And to each heart be very near.

'T is vain within these walls to kneelUnless our need of thee we feel;'T is vain to lift the voice in praiseUnless devotion tunes our lays.

Help us to worship thee aright;Let self be banished from our sight,Unless thy Spirit prompts the viewTo search our motives through and through.

About this hymn

As printed First page of hymns: the book title «HYMNS AND TUNES.» and the section «WORSHIP.» stand above hymn 1. Header as printed: «1 OLD HUNDRED. L. M. Guillaume Franc.» Stanza 1 is set between the staves (numbered «1.», one line per system, «dwellest» spread under two chords); stanzas 2–5 follow as text in the left column below the music, under the italic cross-reference line «54, 3, 19.» (= the same words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 54, 3 or 19), and end with «Anon.» in italics. Lines 2 and 4 of the printed stanzas are not indented in this hymn. The printer's hair space before « ; » (feel ;, pray ;, aright ;) is closed up here. «'T is» is printed with the space after the apostrophe, «to-day» with the hyphen.