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GOD OF GODS

Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Christian Strover Tune Key: C Major

God of gods, we sound his praises

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God of gods, we sound his praises, highest heaven its homage brings; earth and all creation raises glory to the King of kings: holy, holy, holy, name him, Lord of all his hosts proclaim him; to the everlasting Father every tongue in triumph sings. 2 Christians in their hearts enthrone him, tell his praises wide abroad; prophets, priests, apostles own him martyrs' crown and saints' reward. Three-in-One his glory sharing, earth and heaven his praise declaring, praise the high majestic Father, praise the everlasting Lord! 3 Hail the Christ, the king of glory, he whose praise the angels cry; born to share our human story, love and labour, grieve and die: by his cross his work completed, sinners ransomed, death defeated; in the glory of the Father Christ ascended reigns on high. 4 Lord, we look for your returning; teach us so to walk your ways, hearts and minds your will discerning, lives alight with joy and praise: in your love and care enfold us, by your constancy uphold us; may your mercy, Lord and Father, keep us now and all our days! Topics: God's Church Praise and Adoration; Te Deum laudamus; Easter 5 Going to the Father; The Ascension of Christ; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Last Sunday after Pentecost Citizens of Heaven Used With Tune: GOD OF GODS Text Sources: from Te Deum

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God of Gods, We Sound His Praises

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith Hymnal: Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #23 (1990) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 God of gods, we sound his praises, highest heav'n its homage brings; earth and all creation raises glory to the King of kings. Holy, holy, holy, name him, Lord of all his hosts proclaim him, to the everlasting Father every tongue in triumph sings. 2 Christians in their hearts enthrone him, tell his praises wide abroad; prophets, priests, apostles own him martyrs' crown and saints' reward. Three-in-one his glory sharing, earth and heav'n his praise declaring, praise the high majestic Father, praise the everlasting Lord. 3 Hail the Christ, the King of glory, he whose praise the angels cry, born to share our human story, love and labor, grieve and die. By his cross his work completed, sinners ransomed, death defeated, in the glory of the Father Christ ascended reigns on high. 4 Lord, we look for your returning, teach us so to walk your ways, hearts and minds your will discerning, lives alight with joy and praise. In your love and care enfold us, by your constancy uphold us, may your mercy, Lord and Father, keep us now and all our days. Topics: God His perfections Scripture: Psalm 95:3 Languages: English Tune Title: GOD OF GODS

God of gods, we sound his praises

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (born 1926) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #340 (1987) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.8.7 Lyrics: 1 God of gods, we sound his praises, highest heaven its homage brings; earth and all creation raises glory to the King of kings: holy, holy, holy, name him, Lord of all his hosts proclaim him; to the everlasting Father every tongue in triumph sings. 2 Christians in their hearts enthrone him, tell his praises wide abroad; prophets, priests, apostles own him martyrs' crown and saints' reward. Three-in-One his glory sharing, earth and heaven his praise declaring, praise the high majestic Father, praise the everlasting Lord! 3 Hail the Christ, the king of glory, he whose praise the angels cry; born to share our human story, love and labour, grieve and die: by his cross his work completed, sinners ransomed, death defeated; in the glory of the Father Christ ascended reigns on high. 4 Lord, we look for your returning; teach us so to walk your ways, hearts and minds your will discerning, lives alight with joy and praise: in your love and care enfold us, by your constancy uphold us; may your mercy, Lord and Father, keep us now and all our days! Topics: God's Church Praise and Adoration; Te Deum laudamus; Easter 5 Going to the Father; The Ascension of Christ; Trinity Sunday The Trinity; Last Sunday after Pentecost Citizens of Heaven Languages: English Tune Title: GOD OF GODS

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Author of "God of Gods, We Sound His Praises" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman

Christian Strover

1932 - 2020 Person Name: Christian Strover Composer of "GOD OF GODS" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Christian T. Strover (b. Colchester, Essex, England, 1932) received the B.Litt. and MA degrees from Hertford College in Oxford, England. He was director of music at Emanuel School (Battersea Rise), 1956-1997) and organist and choirmaster at Christ Church in Beckenham, Kent, England (1956-2020). He has composed and arranged a number of hymn tunes, some of which appeared in Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman, (revised Dianne Shapiro, from email sent to Hymnary)