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![]() | Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our daysAuthor (Welsh): G. ap Gwilym Ddu; Author: Anna Letitia Barbauld (1772)Published in 544 hymnals | |
1 Praise to God, immortal praise,
for the love that crowns our days;
bounteous Source of every joy,
let thy 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 thee, O God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow;
and for these our souls shall raise
grateful vows and solemn praise.
Source: Common Praise #263
Barbauld, Anna Laetitia, née Aikin, daughter of the Rev. John Ailrin, D.D., a dissenting minister, was b. at Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, June 20, 1743. In 1753 Dr. Aikin became classical tutor at a dissenting academy at Warrington. During her residence there she contributed five hymns to Dr. W. Enfield's Hymns for Public Worship, &c, Warrington, 1772. In the following year these were included in her Poems, Lond., J. Johnson, 1773. In May, 1774, Miss Aikin was married to the Rev. Rochemont Barbauld, a descendant of a French Protestant family, and a dissenting minister. For some years Mr. Barbauld conducted, in addition to his pastoral work, a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. From this he retired in 1785. In 1786 he undertook t… Go to person page >| First Line: | Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days |
| Author: | Anna Letitia Barbauld (1772) |
| Author (Welsh): | G. ap Gwilym Ddu |
| Language: | English |
| Instances (4) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Christian Worship: a Lutheran hymnal #612 | Praise to God, immortal praise | Praise to God, Immortal Praise | Anna L. Barbauld, 1743-1825 | Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872 | 7.7.7.7.7.7 | DIX | G Major or modal | 1993 | |||||||||
| Common Praise #263 | Praise to God, immortal praise | Praise to God, Immortal Praise | Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825) | Pierre de Corbeil (?-1222); Richard Redhead (1820-1901); Derek Holman (1931-) | 7.7.7.7 | Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 8; Psalm 65; Psalm 67; Psalm 104; Joel 2:18-32; Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 8; Psalm 65; Psalm 67; Psalm 104; Joel 2:18-32 | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS | F Major or modal | 1998 | ||||||||
| Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #288 | Praise to God, immortal praise | Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743-1825 | Conrad Kocher, 1786-1872; William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 | 7.7.7.7.7.7 | DIX | G Major or modal | English | 1985 | |||||||||
| Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #521 | Praise to God, immortal praise | Praise to God, Immortal Praise | Anna Laetitia Barbauld | Pierre de Corbeil; Richard Redhead | 7.7.7.7 | ORIENTIS PARTIBUS | F Major | English | 1996 |
