Thanks Be to God

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Thanks be to God for the clear morning light

Author: Lavinia E. Brauff
Tune: [Thanks be to God for the clear morning light]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Thanks be to God for the clear morning light,
And for the clouds that tinge the sky;
Thanks be to God for His care through the night,
And for the birds that sing and fly.

Refrain:
Thanks be to God,
Thanks be to God, thanks be to God;
Thanks be to God for the sunshine today,
And for the sunshine in our hearts.

2 Thanks be to God for the air that we breathe,
And for the shelter He provides;
Thanks be to God for our raiment and food,
And for a faith that still abides. [Refrain]

3 Thanks be to God for our health and our strength,
And for the feet that run His race;
Thanks be to God for the hands that can work,
And for a soul that trusts His grace. [Refrain]

4 Thanks be to God for the gift of His Son,
And for His willingness to die;
Thanks be to god for the things He has done,
And for our mansion in the sky.

Source: Uplifted Voices: a 20th century hymn book for sunday-schools and devotional meetings #105

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Author: Lavinia E. Brauff

Lavinia E. Brauff was born in Pittsburgh 12 October, 1851. She was blind from infnacy. She was educated at the School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Her first hymn was published in 1894 to the music of H. P. Danks. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thanks be to God for the clear morning light
Title:	Thanks Be to God
Author:	Lavinia E. Brauff
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Thanks be to God, thanks be to God
Copyright:	Public Domain