To your Creator, God, Your great Preserver, raise

To your Creator, God, Your great Preserver, raise

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 56 hymnals

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1 To your Creator God,
Your great Preserver, raise,
Ye creatures of His hand,
Your highest notes of praise.
Let ev'ry voice
Proclaim His power,
His name adore,
And loud rejoice.

2 Let all the creatures join
To celebrate His name,
And all their various powers
Assist th'exalted theme.
Let nature raise
From every tongue
A general song
Of grateful praise.

3 But oh! from human tongues
Should nobler praises flow;
And ev'ry thankful heart
With warm devotion glow.
Your voices raise,
Ye highly blest
Above the rest;
Declare His praise.

Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #8

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line: To your Creator, God, Your great Preserver, raise
Author: Anne Steele
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #9

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #9

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms for Social and Private Worship (6th ed.) #27

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A Selection of Hymns and Psalms #27

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #8

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Book of Worship #8

Chapel Hymns #d597

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Christian Praise #386

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Christian Praise #386

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Church Pastorals, hymns and tunes for public and social worship #817

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Church Psalmist #18

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Church Psalmist #18

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Church Psalmist #18

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Hymns for Schools #244

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #37

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a634

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Hymns, Selected and Original, for Public and Private Worship #48

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Hymns, Selected and Original #48

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Hymns #48

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Hymns #48

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Hymns #48

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Hymns #48

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Plymouth Collection #a168

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #42

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H25

Psalms and Hymns, for Social and Private Worship #d446

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Sacred lyrics, or Select hymns #136

Sacred poetry #d505

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Sacred Poetry #aCXLVIIIf

Sacred Poetry #d503

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Sacred Poetry #CXLVIIIf

Seamen's Hymns #18

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d639

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Social Psalmist #18

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #699

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Songs for the Lord's House #14

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Temple Melodies #304

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #168

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The Congregational Hymn Book #99

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The Gospel Psalmist #106

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The Jubilee Harp #634

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #16

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #16

The Praise #d304

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The Sanctuary Hymnal, published by Order of the General Conference of the United Brethren in Christ #11

The Universalist Hymn Book #d491

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The Universalist Hymn-Book #515

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