Worship — Holy Scriptures
O word of God incarnate
- No. 195
- Metre 7s & 6s. D.
- Tune CHENIES.
- Words William How.
- Music T. R. Matthews,
- Key G major
- Singing key F major
- Time 4/4
- 4 stanzas
Words
⤢ Full screenO word of God incarnate,
O wisdom from on high,
O truth unchanged, unchanging,
O light of our dark sky!
We praise thee for the radiance
That from the hallowed page,
A lamp to guide our footsteps,
Shines on from age to age.
The church from her dear Master
Received the gift divine,
And still that light she lifteth
O'er all the earth to shine.
It is the golden casket
Where gems of truth are stored,
It is the heaven-drawn picture
Of Christ the living Word.
It floateth like a banner
Before God's host unfurled,
It shineth like a beacon
Above the stormy world;
It is the chart and compass
That o'er life's raging sea,
'Mid mists and rocks and quicksands,
Still guides, O Christ, to thee!
O, make thy church, dear Saviour,
A lamp of burnished gold,
To bear before the nations
Thy true light as of old;
O, teach thy wandering pilgrims
By this their path to trace,
Till, clouds and darkness ended,
They see thee face to face.
About this hymn
As printed As printed: running head «WORSHIP—HOLY SCRIPTURES.»; hymn number «195» (large), tune name «CHENIES. 7s & 6s. D.» centred over the music, «T. R. Matthews,» at the right (capitals and small capitals; the last mark is comma-shaped, see uncertainties.md). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «O»; its verse lines are set here by the meter (7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6) and the heavy bars that close each line of the tune. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «492, 246, 415.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 492, 246 or 415). «William How.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («world ;», «old ;», «thee !»); it is closed up here. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.
- Source
- The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
- Where
- Worship — Holy Scriptures · No. 195 · printed page 67
- Checked
- score verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30
