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Give Thanks to God on High
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Gather Comprehensive Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God on high
For saints of other days,
Whose hope it was to live and die
In love's consuming blaze,
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
2 Their vision long fulfilled,
Our prayer is still the same:
Upon their work of faith to build,
Their word of truth proclaim,
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy Name.
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy Name.
3 New tasks today are ours
Who serve a world in pain,
New calls to challenge all our pow'rs
Of heart and hand and brain,
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
4 Give thanks to God on high
For all the future sends,
In praise of Christ to live and die
Who calls his servants friends,
For Christ and his kingdom,
whose glory never ends.
For Christ and his kingdom,
whose glory never ends. Used With Tune: BALDWIN
Give Thanks to God on High
Give Thanks to God on High
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Gather Comprehensive #792 (1994) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Hymnal Title: Gather Comprehensive Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God on high
For saints of other days,
Whose hope it was to live and die
In love's consuming blaze,
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
2 Their vision long fulfilled,
Our prayer is still the same:
Upon their work of faith to build,
Their word of truth proclaim,
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy Name.
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy Name.
3 New tasks today are ours
Who serve a world in pain,
New calls to challenge all our pow'rs
Of heart and hand and brain,
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
4 Give thanks to God on high
For all the future sends,
In praise of Christ to live and die
Who calls his servants friends,
For Christ and his kingdom,
whose glory never ends.
For Christ and his kingdom,
whose glory never ends. Languages: English Tune Title: BALDWIN
Give Thanks to God on High
Give Thanks to God on High
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: RitualSong #888 (1996) Meter: 6.6.8.6.6.6 Hymnal Title: RitualSong Lyrics: 1 Give thanks to God on high
For saints of other days,
Whose hope it was to live and die
In love's consuming blaze,
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
For Christ and his kingdom,
His glory and his praise.
2 Their vision long fulfilled,
Our prayer is still the same;
Upon their work of faith to build,
Their word of truth proclaim,
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy name.
For Christ and his kingdom,
And for his holy name.
3 New tasks today are ours
Who serve a world in pain,
New calls to challenge all our pow'rs
Of heart and hand and brain,
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
For Christ and his kingdom,
While life and breath remain.
4 Give thanks to God on high
For all the future sends,
In praise of Christ to live and die
Who calls his servants friends,
For Christ and his kingdom,
Whose glory never ends.
For Christ and his kingdom,
Whose glory never ends. Topics: All Saints; All Saints (November 1); Saints Languages: English Tune Title: BALDWIN
Give Thanks to God on High
James Chepponis
b. 1956 Person Name: James J Chepponis Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project Composer of "BALDWIN (Chepponis)"
James Chepponis
Timothy Dudley-Smith
b. 1926 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal Title: Gather Comprehensive Author of "Give Thanks to God on High" in Gather Comprehensive Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973).
Bert Polman
Timothy Dudley-Smith
