Glorious God King of Creation (Praise, Honour, and Glory are Yours)

Glorious God, King of creation, we praise you, we bless you, we worship you in song; Glorious God, in adoration, at your feet we belong. Chorus: Lord of life, Father almighty, Lord of hearts, Christ the King, Lord of love, Holy Spirit, To whom we homage bring. 2 Glorious God, magnificent, holy, we love you, adore you, we come to you in prayer. Glorious God, mighty eternal we sing your praise everywhere. 3 Glorious God, King of creation, we praise you, we bless you, we worship you in song. Glorious God, in adoration, at your feet we belong. Coda: Praise, honour, and glory are yours. Praise, honor, and glory are yours

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This song was written by South African born lay Franciscan Sebastian Temple (1928-1997).

It was first released on the recording Sing! People Of God, Sing! (St. Francis SFPC-1) in 1967 (ref).

Books where was published include:

McCrimmon's Celebration Hymnal for Everyone, 1994 and 2012 editions
Hymns Old and New, a Hymn Book for the Irish Church 1977
20th Century Folk Hymnal, volume 1 in 1974
The Canadian Catholic Book of Worship, 1972

The first of these books is still in print, and is the best current source of sheet music for the hymn.

The song is set to an unnamed tune, also by Temple. This has a 6/8 time signature. In the key of Bb, the first few notes are D C B E EE. This tune does seem vaguely reminiscent of the theme tune from Star Wars, although the nature of the link between them has not yet been identified.

Examples

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

1 Glorious God, King of creation ...

Chorus:
Lord of life, Father almighty,
Lord of hearts, Christ the King,
Lord of love, Holy Spirit,
To whom we homage bring.

2 Glorious God, magnificent, holy ...

Coda: Praise, honour, and glory are yours. Praise, honor, and glory are yours