God of Concrete
by Frederick R.C. Clarke and Richard Granville Jones
God of concrete, God of steel,
God of piston and of wheel,
God of pylon, God of steam,
God of girder and of beam,
God of atom, God of mine:
All the world of power is thine.
Lord of cable, Lord of rail,
Lord of freeway and of mail,
Lord of rocket and of flight,
Lord of soaring satellite,
Lord of lightning's flashing line:
All the world of speed is thine.
Lord of science, Lord of art,
Lord of map and graph and chart,
Lord of physics and research,
Word of Bible, faith of church,
Lord of sequence and design:
All the world of truth is thine.
God whose glory fills the earth,
Gave the universe its birth,
Loosed the Christ with Easter's might,
Saves the world from evil's blight,
Claims us all by grace divine:
All the world of love is thine.
19 comments:
I've not heard that one. Interesting lyrics - I'd love to hear the tune.
I've seen that in an old hymnal although I never could get our piantist to play it....
Interesting indeed. That's one that reflects our time. I wonder why it wouldn't be more common?
Mike
OK, I'll make you all a deal: If I can't find the sheet music or audio for it, I'll sing it and post it.
Oh please find the sheet music or audio.
Can hardly wait for the singing. I'll get out of my sick bed for that one!
Very nice lyrics. And thanks for a dose of the symphony today. It's just what I needed!
Interesting, I thought I'd heard them all, but I have never heard this one.
Uh, didn't you notice this has the "d" word in it? As in "design." Tsk, tsk.
That is lovely.
I'll have the music up by next week, no matter what.
interesting.
It's ok if you sing it...really. :->
Well, I hope you fail to find the audio or the notation for it. Curious to hear your singing voice.
Ooh, that is a good one. I need to share it with my pastor, he always loves these deep type hymes, so much so that he will oft' times read them from the pulpit. When they are read sometimes you actually put together what the writer was trying to say. Sometimes words seem to get lost in a song.
I vote for the singing.
The music posted here isn't the correct version -- or am I missing something? The right music (by the aforementioned Mr. Clark) is much more dissonant and exciting than that shown.
See United Church of Canada's Hymn Book. Unfortunately their new HB, 'Voices United', excludes this excellent number, which of course the stodgy at our church refuse to sing.
This is one of my favorite hymns. I had never heard the music, so I wrote my own tune... You can hear it here:
http://www.godofconcrete.org
The tune also goes with "Rock of Ages"
Hello Ms. Saurkraut...!!
Our choir just sang your 'favourite hymn' (God of Concrete). Your blog posting in 2006 referred to this song...Thought you might like to hear our version with an alternate tune...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdE5kpSrRnQ
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