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

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 is still in print, and likely to be the best current source of sheet music for the hymn.

It 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.

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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