Authors: Augustine of Hippo, Thompson, Colin Peter
O matchless beauty of our God
so ancient and so new,
kindle in us your fire of love;
fall on us as the dew!
2. How late we came to love you, Lord;
how strong the hold of sin!
Your beauty speaks from all that is:
your likeness pleads within.
3. You called and cried, yet we were deaf;
our stubborn wills you bent;
you shed your fragrance and we caught
a moment of its scent.
4. You blazed and sparkled, yet our hearts
to lesser glories turned;
your radiance touched us far from home;
your beauty in us burned!
5. And should our faith grow weak and fall,
tried in the wilderness,
let beauty blossom out of ash
and streams of water bless!
6. O matchless beauty of our God
so ancient and so new,
enfold in us your fire of love;
anoint us with your dew!
Scriptures: Psalms 50:2, Isaiah 35:1-2, Genesis 1:26-27, Isaiah 61:3, Psalms 133:3, Psalms 27:4, Psalms 110:3, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Isaiah 33:17, 1:3, Genesis 4:7, Romans 5:5, Deuteronomy 32:2, 1 John 2:27, Genesis 5:1, Luke 22:32, Luke 15:11-24, Psalms 96:6-7, Isaiah 35:5, Isaiah 42:18-19, Hosea 14:5, Matthew 20:6-7, 2 Corinthians 1:21, 1 John 2:20
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