Praise the Lord

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Praise the Lord with hearts and voices, Gathered in His holy name

Author: W. P. Mackay
Tune: [Praise the Lord with hearts and voices] (Fithian)
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Praise the Lord with hearts and voices,
Gathered in his holy name;
Ev’ry quickened soul rejoices,
Hearing of the Saviour’s fame.

Refrain:
Praise the Lord, oh, praise him ever,
Let our voices sweetly sing;
Praise the Lord! oh, may we ever
Sing aloud to God our King.

2 Praise the living God who gave us,
Lost and ruined as we lay,
His beloved Son to save us,
Bearing all our sin away. [Refrain]

3 Praise him; enemies assail us,
As we through the desert go,
Gut his sword can never fail us,
It shall silence ev’ry foe. [Refrain]

4 Praise him for the water flowing
Freely in its boundless tide;
Christ the smitten rock we’re knowing,
Praise him for his wounded side. [Refrain]

5 Praise him, thro’ the desert marching,
Onward to the golden shore;
For our Saviour we are watching
And we’ll praise him evermore. [Refrain]

Source: Melodious Sonnets #70

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Author: W. P. Mackay

Mackay, William Paton, M.D., was born at Montrose, May 13, 1839, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. After following his medical profession for a time, he became minister of Prospect Street Presbyterian Church, Hull, in 1868, and died from an accident, at Portree, Aug. 22, 1885. Seventeen of his hymns are in W. Reid's Praise Book, 1872. Of these the best known is "We praise Thee, O God, for the Son of Thy love" (Praise to God), written 1863, recast 1867. [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix II (1907)… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Praise the Lord with hearts and voices, Gathered in His holy name
Title:	Praise the Lord
Author:	W. P. Mackay
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Praise the Lord, O praise Him ever
Publication Date:	1885
Copyright:	Public Domain