O praise the Lord, 'tis sweet to raise

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O praise the Lord, 'tis sweet to raise

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Tune: SESSIONS
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 O praise the LORD, 'tis sweet to raise,
The grateful heart to God in praise;
When fallen raised, when lost restored,
O it is sweet to praise the LORD!

2 Great is His power, Divine His skill,
His love Diviner, greater still;
The sinner's Friend, the mourner's Stay,
He send no suppliant sad away.

3 The lions roar to Him for bread,
The ravens by His hand are fed;
And shall His chosen flock despair:
Shall they mistrust their Shepherd's care?

4 His Church is precious in His sight;
He makes her glory His delight.
His treasures on her head are poured;
O Zion's children, praise the LORD!

Source: Psalms of Grace #147d

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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