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Text: | We praise and bless Thee, Gracious Lord |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick |
Tune: | ST. STEPHEN |
Composer: | William Jones |
1 We praise and bless Thee, Gracious Lord,
Our Saviour kind and true,
For all the old things passed away,
For all Thou hast made new.
2 But yet how much must be destroyed,
How much renewed must be,
Ere we can fully stand complete
In likeness, Lord, to Thee!
3 Thou, only Thou must carry on
The work Thou hast begun;
Of Thine own strength Thou must impart,
In Thine own ways to run.
4 Ah, leave us not! from day to day
Revive, restore again;
Our feeble steps do thou direct,
Our enemies restrain.
5 So shall we faultless stand at last
Before Thy Father's throne;
The blessedness for ever ours,
The glory all Thine own!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | We praise and bless Thee, Gracious Lord |
Author: | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta (1843) |
Translator: | Jane Borthwick (1853) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. STEPHEN |
Composer: | William Jones (1789) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | A Major |