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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Benignant God of love and power (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Benignant God of love and power

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: Solon Wilder

Meter:

Tune: Hallen

Hymn Number: 570

Page Number: 207, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Benignant God of love and power,

Be with us in this solemn hour;

Smile on our souls; our plans approve,

By which we seek thy love.



Let each discordant thought be gone,

And love unite our hearts in one;

Let all we have and are combine

To forward objects so divine.