From thee all skill and science flow (Traditional)
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- (Posted 2023-06-25) CPDL #74305:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-06-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2023-06-25) CPDL #74304:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-06-25). Score information: A4, 1 page, 145 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: From thee all skill and science flow
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Tune: The Church's Desolation
Lyricist: Charles Kingsley
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86. D (C.M.D.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Traditional melody, harmonised by Jesse Tom White (19th century) and adapted by Claudius Hopkins Cayce (19th-20th century)
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Original text and translations
English text
From thee all skill and science flow,
all pity, care, and love,
all calm and courage, faith and hope:
O pour them from above!
Impart them, Lord, to each and all,
as each and all shall need,
to rise, like incense, each to thee,
in noble thought and deed.
And hasten, Lord, that perfect day
when pain and death shall cease,
and thy just rule shall fill the earth
with health and light and peace;
when ever-blue the sky shall gleam,
and ever-green the sod,
and our rude work deface no more
the handiwork of God.