O lift us up, strong Son of God
O lift us up, strong Son of God. Cyril Grey Hambly* (1931-1999). Printed in the author’s collection, A Hymn for the Lectionary (1981), this hymn was written for the eighth Sunday before Christmas, when the lectionary theme is ‘The Fall’. Verse 3 lines 3-4 were originally
Did not condemn our falling steps,
But would remove our shame.
(altered in both HP and RS). The first line of the hymn is a borrowing from Tennyson*’s prologue to In Memoriam (1850): ‘Strong Son of God, immortal...
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