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COME, LET US PRAISE GOD’S HOLY NAME

Scripture Verse

If ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. Numbers 10:9

Introduction

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Paul B. Henkel (1754–1825)

Words: Paul B. Hen­kel, Church Hymn Book (New Mar­ket, Vir­gin­ia: So­lo­mon Hen­kel, print­er, 1816) num­ber 154. Thanks­giv­ing for the Res­to­ra­tion of Peace. Note: The 1816 edi­tion of this hym­nal does not name the au­thor. Paul Hen­kel’s son, Am­brose Hen­kel, iden­ti­fies his fa­ther as the au­thor by a dou­ble dag­ger symb­ol (‡) in the 1838 edi­tion, page 644.

Music: Ger­ma­ny Sac­red Me­lo­dies, by Will­iam Gar­di­ner, 1815 (🔊 ).

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William Gardiner
(1770–1853)

Lyrics

Come, let us praise God’s ho­ly name,
And thank Him for His love and grace,
Who to our help and res­cue, came
And put an end to our dis­tress.

How great­ly were we ter­ri­fied,
When we be­gan to feel the rod;
Death threat­ened us on ev­ery side,
As the just pun­is­hments of God.

We were dis­tressed on ev­ery hand,
Involved in all the depth of woes;
When it ap­peared, our guil­ty land
Should be de­stroyed by cru­el foes.

But thanks be to our gra­cious Lord;
Who free­ly will our sins for­give;
Who gave us not our just re­ward,
But spares us re­bels, still to live.

God has re­stored our peace again,
O may it nev­er more de­part:
May we a great­er peace ob­tain:
The peace of God with­in our heart.