Our God, we thank thee for the night

Representative Text

1 Our God, we thank
thee for the night,
And for the pleas-
ant morning light,
For rest and food
and loving care,
And all that makes
the day so fair.

2 Help us, to do
the things we should,
To be to oth-
ers kind and good,
May all we do
in work or play
Be done with love
and rest this day.

Source: Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #45

Text Information

First Line: Our God, we thank thee for the night
Publication Date: 1996
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1996.

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TALLIS' CANON

TALLIS CANON is one of nine tunes Thomas Tallis (PHH 62) contributed to Matthew Parker's Psalter (around 1561). There it was used as a setting for Psalm 67. In the original tune the melody began in the tenor, followed by the soprano, and featured repeated phrases. Thomas Ravenscroft (PHH 59) publish…

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