O God of truth, O Lord of might

O God of truth, O Lord of might. Latin, school of Ambrose of Milan*, translated by John Mason Neale* (1818-1866). This is a translation of the Latin ‘Rector potens, verax Deus’*, long associated with the canonical hour of Sext, the time of the mid-day meal under the ‘ignibus meridiem’ (‘noon-day’s fiery beams’). Neale’s translation appeared in The Hymnal Noted Part I (1851), and in a much altered form in the First Edition of A&M: Neale, 1851A&M, 1861 O God of truth, O Lord of might, Who ord’rest time and change aright, And send’st the early morning ray, And light’st the glow of perfect day: Extinguish Thou each sinful fire, And banish every ill desire: And while Thou keep’st...