The Voice of Praise ‎#782

782. To praise the ever-bounteous Lord

1 To praise the ever-bounteous Lord,
My soul, wake all thy powers:
He calls--and at his voice came forth
The smiling harvest hours.

2 His covenant with the earth he keeps:
My tongue, his goodness sing:
Summer and winter know their time,
The harvest crowns the spring.

3 Well please the husbandmen behold
The waving, yellow crop;
With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.

4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness;
Smile on my soul, and with thy beams
The ripening harvest bless.

Text Information

• First Line: To praise the ever-bounteous Lord
• Author: Needham
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Topic: The Christian Nation: Thanksgiving; Summer and Harvest
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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