Voices United ‎#521

521. Praise to God, Immortal Praise

1 Praise to God, immortal praise,
for the love that crowns our days;
bounteous source of every joy,
let your praise our tongues employ:

2 for the blessings of the fields,
for the stores the garden yields,
flocks that whiten all the plain;
yellow sheaves of ripened grain:

3 all that spring with bounteous hand
scatters o'er the smiling land,
all that liberal autumn pours
from its rich o'erflowing stores;

4 These to you, O God, we owe,
source from which all blessings flow;
and for these our souls shall raise
grateful vows and solemn praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
• Title: Praise to God, Immortal Praise
• Author: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1772)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: The Church at Worship: Special Days, Seasons, Occasions: Thanksgiving; God: Providence; Love for God/Christ; Nature; Praise; Seasons: Changing; Steadfastness; Thankfulness; Thanksgiving Day; Trials; Christmas 2: Year A; Christmas 2: Year B; Thanksgiving: Year B

Tune Information

• Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
• Composer (attributed to): Pierre de Corbeil
• Harmonizer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: 7 7 7 7
• Key: F Major