Text:All Creatures of Our God and King
Author:Francis of Assisi
Translator and paraphraser:William Henry Draper
Tune:LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Harmonizer:Ralph Vaughan Williams

455. All Creatures of Our God and King

1 All creatures of our God and King,
Lift up your voice and with us sing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
Thou silver moon with softer gleam,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
Ye clouds that sail in heaven along,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
Make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
That givest man both warmth and light,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 Thou fertile earth, that day by day
Unfoldest blessings on our way,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
Let them God's glory also show!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 And everyone of tender heart,
Forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
Praise God and cast on God your care!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

6 All creatures, your Creator bless,
And worship God in humbleness.
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: All creatures of our God and King
Title: All Creatures of Our God and King
Author: Francis of Assisi (1225)
Translator and paraphraser: William Henry Draper (c. 1910; alt.)
Meter: LM with alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Topic: Morning and Opening Hymns
Copyright: © 1926 (renewed) J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of G. Schirmer, Inc.
Notes: Now Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: LM with alleluias
Key: D Major
Source: Geistlich Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1623; alt.
Copyright: From the English Hymnal, 1906. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.



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