Hymn: Slowly, by God's hand unfurled
- Title:
- First Line: Slowly, by God's hand unfurled
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: William Henry Furness
- Born: 1802
- Died: 1896
- Gender: M
Full Text
Slowly, by God's hand unfurled, Down around the weary world Falls the darkness; O, how still Is the working of His will! Mighty spirit, ever nigh! Work in me as silently; Veil the day's distracting sights, Show me heaven's eternal lights. Living stars to view be brought In the boundless realms of thought; High and infinite desires, Flaming like those upper fires! Holy Truth, Eternal Right, Let them break upon my sight; Let them shine serene and still, And with light my being fill.