718. Praise to God, immortal praise

1 Praise to God, immortal praise,
for the love that crowns our days!
Bounteous source of every joy,
let thy praise our tongues employ:

2 for the blessings of the fields,
for the stores the gardens yield,
flocks that whiten all the plain,
yellow sheaves of ripened grain;

3 all that spring with bounteous hand
scatters o'er the smiling land;
all that liberal autumn pours
from her rich o'erflowing stores.

4 These to thee, my God, we owe,
source whence all our blessings flow;
and for these our souls shall raise
grateful vows and solemn praise.

Text Information
First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
Author: Anna Laetitia Aiken Barbauld, 1743-1825
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Harvest
Notes: A lower setting of CULBACH (ACH WANN) is found at 93, 792
Tune Information
Name: CULBACH (ACH WANN)
Composer: Johann Scheffler, 1624-1677
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Key: E Major



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