The Worshipbook ‎#556

556. Praise to God, Immortal Praise

1 Praise to God, immortal praise,
For the love that crowns our days;
Bounteous source of every joy,
Let your praise our tongues employ.

2 Flocks that whiten all the plain,
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain,
Clouds that drop their fattening dews,
Suns that temperate warmth diffuse:

3 All that spring with bounteous hand
Scatters o'er the smiling land!
All that liberal autumn pours
From her rich o'erflowing stores—

4 These to you, O God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow;
And for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
• Title: Praise to God, Immortal Praise
• Author: Anna L. Barbauld (1772, alt.)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Jeremiah 31:3
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Service for the Lord's Day: After Confession and Pardon; Service for the Lord's Day: After Old Testament Lesson; Civil Year: New Year; Civil Year: Thanksgiving Day

Tune Information

• Name: ORIENTIS PARTIBUS
• Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.
• Key: F Major
• Source: Medieval French melody
• Copyright: Music altered from The English Hymnal; used by permission of Oxford University Press.