All Praise Be To God!

All praise be to God! O’er the bil­lows of ocean

Author: James Holme (alt.)
Tune: [From all the dark places] (McIntosh)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 All praise be to God! O’er the bil­lows of ocean,
Thro’ isles of the south and the north,
The mis­sions have sped with tri­um­phant de­vo­tion,
To com­pass the bounds of the earth.

2 Sweet pow­er that thus to the hea­then un­veil­eth
The need and the tri­umph of pray­er;
How co­ve­nant mer­cy in Je­sus pre­vail­eth
O’er ig­nor­ance, guilt and des­pair.

3 On, on, ye swift mes­sen­gers, her­alds of Jesus,
O’er mount­ain, o’er de­sert, and wave!
Proclaim thro’ the na­tions His pow­er to re­lease us
From ter­rors of death and des­pair.

4 On, on, with the arm of His right­eous­ness o’er you,
The strong­holds of sin to de­stroy!
On, on, with the spir­it of glo­ry be­fore you,
To give you a har­vest of joy.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16260

Author: James Holme

Holme, James, B.A., son of T. Holme, Orton, Westmorland, was born in 1801, and educated at Caius College, Cambridge (B.A. 1825). Ordained in 1825, he held successively the Incumbency of Low Harrowgate, the Vicarage of Kirkleatham, and the charge of Bolton, near Bradford. He died in 1882. He published Leisure Musings and Devotions, &c, 1835; Mount Grace Abbey, a poem, 1843, and with his brother, the Rev. T. Holme (q.v.), Hymns & Sacred Poetry, Christian Book Society, 1861. From this last work, "All things are ours, how abundant the treasure" (Praise in Sickness), in Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, is taken. "God my Father, hear me pray" (Lent), in the Anglican Hymn Book, 1868, is attributed to him, and dated 1861. It is, however, from… Go to person page >

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First Line: All praise be to God! O’er the bil­lows of ocean
Title: All Praise Be To God!
Author: James Holme (alt.)
Source: Hymns and Sacred Poetry (London and Edinburgh: J. Brydone and Songs; Richmons: John Bell, 1861)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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