Hymn: O Lord, and Master of us all
- Title: O Lord, and Master of us all
- First Line: O Lord, and Master of us all
- Hymnal: The Hymnal: as authorized and approved by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1916
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: Church Pension Fund
- Publication Date: 1916
Author(s)
- Author Name: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Born: 1807
- Died: 1892
- Gender: M
Full Text
O Lord, and Master of us all, Whate'er our name or sign, We own thy sway, we hear thy call, We test our lives by thing Thou judgest us; thy purity Doth all our lusts condemn; The love that draws us nearer thee Is hot with wrath to them; Our thoughts lie open to thy sight; And naked to thy glance Our secret sins are in the light Of thy pure countenance. Yet weak and blinded though we be, Thou dost our service own; We bring our varying gifts to thee, And thou rejectest none. To thee our full humanity, Its joys and pains belong; The wrong of man to man on thee Inflicts a deeper wrong. 452 Who hates, hates thee; who loves, becomes Therein to thee allied: All sweet accords of hearts and homes In thee are multiplied. Apart from thee all gain is loss, All labour vainly done; The solemn shadow of the cross Is better than the sun. Amen.