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

This is a song giving glory and praise to God.

It was written by South African born lay Franciscan Sebastian Temple (1928-1997), and 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 - this is still in print, and is the best current source of sheet music for the hymn.
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 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 seems vaguely like the theme tune from Star Wars, although the nature of the link between them has not yet been identified.

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Examples

Original recording - men's choir with guitar

Small group with band + electronic organ

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

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