Hymns for Youth ‎#27

27. Praise to God, Immortal Praise

1. Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days.
Bounteous source of every joy,
Let thy praise our tongues employ:
All to thee, our God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow.

2. All the gifts that summer pours:
Autumn's rich, o'erflowing stores;
Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

3. Peace, prosperity, and health;
Private bliss and public wealth;
Knowledge with its gladdening streams;
Pure religion's holier beams:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

4. As thy prospering hand hath blest,
May we give thee of our best;
And by deeds of kindly love
For thy mercies grateful prove,
Singing thus through all our days
Praise to God, immortal praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
• Title: Praise to God, Immortal Praise
• Author: Anna L. Barbauld, 1772 (Altered)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966

Tune Information

• Name: DIX
• Composer: Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872
• Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7
• Incipit: 17121 44367 16555
• Key: G Major
• Source: Abridged from Treuer Heiland wir sind hier