God, We Praise You!

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God, we praise you! God we bless you!

Paraphraser: Christopher M. Idle (1978)
ONE LICENSE: 92190
Published in 31 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Three Organ Preludes on Hymns of Invocat…

Choral
	We Rejoice to be Gods Chosen

Instrumental
	Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship…

Representative Text

Source: Breaking Bread (Vol. 39) #209

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Paraphraser: Christopher M. Idle

Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing… Go to person page >

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First Line:	God, we praise you! God we bless you!
Title:	God, We Praise You!
Paraphraser:	Christopher M. Idle (1978)
Meter:	8.7.8.7 D
Source:	Te Deum laudamus
Language:	English
Copyright:	© 1982 by Hope Publishing Co.

Year A, Ordinary Time, Proper 6 (11)
Year B, Ordinary Time, Proper 28 (33)
Relates to Daniel 12 and Hebrews 10

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Tune

NETTLETON

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions. From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976): "Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…

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RUSTINGTON

C. Hubert H. Parry's (PHH 145) RUSTINGTON was first published in the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book (1897) as a setting for Benjamin Webb's "Praise the Rock of Our Salvation." The tune is named for the village in Sussex, England, where Parry lived for some years and where he died. This is such a distin…

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Arrangements

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Piano/Organ Three Organ Preludes on Hymns of Invocation COLLECTED PIANO/ORGAN WORKS An Offering (Expressions of Worship for Solo Piano) More Piano/Organ...
Choral We Rejoice to be Gods Chosen GOD, WE PRAISE YOU Joined Together As One Body - (Choral Score) More Choral...
Instrumental Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, or Baritone T.C.) Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, or Baritone T.C.) SOUND THE TRUMPET: Hymns & Spirituals for Trumpet & Piano More Instrumental...
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