Hymns of the Early Church / being translations from the poetry of the Latin church, arranged in the order of the Christian year

by John Brownlie

VI

Grant it, O Father, in Thy love,

Grant it, O One-begotten Son,

Who with the Spirit reign above,

Now, and while endless ages run.

Sunday Evening

DEUS CREATOR OMNIUM

By St. Ambrose, born at Lyons, Arles, or Trêves in 340; consecrated Bishop of Milan in 374; died on Easter Eve, 397. He introduced antiphonal chanting into the Western Church, and laid the foundation of Church music, which Gregory systematised.

I

Thy works, O God, Thy name extol,