O blessed God, to Thee I raise

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O blessed God, to Thee I raise

Translator: Anonymous
Tune: ROCKINGHAM (Miller)
Published in 22 hymnals

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	The Lord's Supper (Communion Meditations…

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	When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

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Representative Text

1 O blessed God, to Thee I raise
My voice in thankful hymns of praise;
And when my voice shall silent be,
My silence shall be praise to Thee.

2 For voice and silence both impart
The filial homage of my heart,
And both alike are understood
By Thee, Thou Parent of all good;—

3 Whose grace is all unsearchable,
Whose care for me no tongue can tell,
Who lov’st my loudest praise to hear
And lov’st to bless my voiceless prayer.

Source: Hymns of the Kingdom of God: with Tunes #25

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Translator: Anonymous

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Text Information

Text Information

First Line:	O blessed God, to Thee I raise
Translator:	Anonymous
Source:	Greek
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Tune

ROCKINGHAM (Miller)

Edward Miller (b. Norwich, England, 1735; d. Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 1807) adapted ROCKINGHAM from an earlier tune, TUNEBRIDGE, which had been published in Aaron Williams's A Second Supplement to Psalmody in Miniature (c. 1780). ROCKINGHAM has long associations in Great Britain and North Amer…

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HAMBURG

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) composed HAMBURG (named after the German city) in 1824. The tune was published in the 1825 edition of Mason's Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Mason indicated that the tune was based on a chant in the first Gregorian tone. HAMBURG is a very simple tune with…

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ILLA (Mason)

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