To the Name That Is Salvation

To the name that is sal­va­tion

Praise and hom­age let us pay;

Life of ev­ery ge­ne­ra­tion

Law that all the stars ob­ey;

Love and light by whose cre­ation

All that is stands fast to­day.

Fairest name be­yond all speak­ing

Fullest end of all de­sire

Close

yet far be­yond all seek­ing

Goodness

beau­ty

truth

en­tire;

Wisdom

nev­er ven­geance wreak­ing

Radiance nev­er vexed with ire.

’Tis the name of mer­cy

speed­ing

Just and un­just with His ray;

Power that rules by pa­tient lead­ing

Not by force

the ea­si­er way;

So that man

in free­dom heed­ing

May the law of love ob­ey.

Name of awe and name of plea­sure

Glow di­vine of grace un­told;

Sum of val­ues

whose full trea­sure

Striving art can ne’er un­fold;

Sea of vir­tue pass­ing mea­sure

Life that doth all life up­hold.

Hail

O Fa­ther

all cre­at­ing

Now

as when the world be­gan;

Master mind

am­azed we hail Thee

As the light-year depths we scan;

Spirit of trans­cend­ent un­ion

True and just Thy ways to man!