420. Praise to God, immortal praise

Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days;
Bounteous source of every joy,
Let thy praise our tongues employ:
All to thee, our God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow.

All the plenty summer pours;
Autumn's rich o'erflowing stores;
Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

Peace, prosperity, and health,
Private bliss, and public wealth,
Knowledge with its gladdening streams,
Pure religion's holier beams:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

As thy prospering hand hath blest,
May we give thee of our best;
And by deeds of kindly love
For thy mercies grateful prove;
Singing thus through all our days,
Praise to God, immortal praise.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
Author: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1772)
Meter: Six 7s
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: Thanksgiving Day
Tune Information
Name: DIX
Composer: Conrad Kocher (1838, arr.)
Meter: Six 7s
Incipit: 17121 44367 16555
Key: A♭ Major



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