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1 Praise, O praise our God and King;
hymns of adoration sing:
Refrain:
For his mercies still endure
ever faithful, ever sure.
2 Praise him that he made the sun
day by day his course to run: [Refrain]
3 And the silver moon by night,
shining with her gentle light: [Refrain]
4 Praise him that he gave the rain
to mature the swelling grain: [Refrain]
5 And hath bid the fruitful field
crops of precious increase yield: [Refrain]
6 Praise him for our harvest-store;
he hath filled the garner-floor: [Refrain]
7 And for richer food than this,
pledge of everlasting bliss: [Refrain]
8 Glory to our bounteous King;
glory let creation sing:
Glory to the Father, Son,
and blest Spirit, Three in One.
Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #286
First Line: | Praise, O praise our God and King |
Title: | Praise, O Praise Our God and King |
Adapter: | H. W. Baker |
Author: | John Milton |
Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Praise, O praise our God and King. Sir H. W. Baker. [Harvest.] This hymn is based upon Milton's version of Ps. cxxxvi. ("Let us with a gladsome mind"), and was written for the first edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861. From Hymns Ancient & Modern it has passed into numerous collections in Great Britain and America.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)