The Worshipbook ‎#365

365. Father, We Praise You

1 Father, we praise you, now the night is over;
Active and watchful, stand we all before you;
Singing, we offer prayer and meditation:
Thus we adore you.

2 Monarch of all things, fit us for your mansions;
Banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;
Bring us to heaven, where your saints united
Joy without ending.

3 All holy Father, Son and equal Spirit,
Trinity blessed, send us your salvation;
Yours is the glory, gleaming and resounding
Through all creation.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Father, we praise you, now the night is over
• Title: Father, We Praise You
• Translator: Percy Dearmer (1906, alt. 1972)
• Author (attributed to): Gregory I (540-604)
• Meter: 11.11.11.5.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Romans 13:11-12
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Acts of the Church: Witness to the Resurrection—Funeral; Christian Year: Trinity Sunday
• Copyright: Words altered from The English Hymnal; music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition, 1927; used by permission of Oxford University Press.

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
• Harmonizer: David Evans (1927)
• Meter: 11.11.11.5.
• Key: D Major
• Source: Paris Antiphoner, 1681
• Copyright: Words altered from The English Hymnal; music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition, 1927; used by permission of Oxford University Press.