Scripture Verse

To the end that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever. Psalm 30:12

Introduction

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Byron G. Russell (1846–1930)

Words: By­ron G. Rus­sell, in Praise and Thanks, by G. F. White (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Uni­ver­sal­ist Pub­lish­ing House, 1895).

Music: Ol­iv­et (Ma­son) Lo­well Ma­son, 1831 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Our Fa­ther, un­to Thee
We now on bend­ed knee
Our voic­es raise.
For all Thy love has wrought,
Our life with bless­ings fraught,
Transcending all our thought,
We speak Thy praise.

And not by lips alone
Would we Thy good­ness own,
And wor­ship Thee,
But may our lives ex­press
That which our hearts con­fess,
And we in ho­li­ness
More wor­thy be.

And may our hands reach out
To those who round about
Demand our love.
In ev­ery hour of need
May we their plead­ings heed,
Till earth be­comes in­deed
Like Hea­ven above.