Scripture Verse

Our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name. 1 Chronicles 29:13

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1913. Ap­peared in Wil­lis­ton Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ho­mer A. Ro­de­hea­ver & Al­vin J. Shar­tle (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­deav­or, 1917), num­ber 160.

Music: Bent­ley D. Ack­ley (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Bentley Ackley
(1872–1958)

Lyrics

From the tow’r­ing hills that rise
Far be­yond the glow­ing skies,
Hark! the ev­er­last­ing song
Like an ocean rolls along.

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Day and night they shout and sing,
Praise the Lord, our migh­ty king!
Tell His won­drous love with loud ac­claim,
Hallelujah! praise His name!

There the saints of ev­ery time,
Every na­tion, tongue and clime,
Gather round their lov­ing Lord,
More than con­querors thro’ His word.

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They who on the field of life
Overcame thro’ toil and strife,
By the tran­quil stream that flows,
Rest in peace and calm re­pose.

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Thro’ the fur­nace they who passed,
Tried as gold and pure at last,
Anchored now with­in the veil,
Sing of faith that can­not fail.

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When our march of life is o’er,
When we wake to sleep no more,
May we join that bliss­ful throng,
There to learn their ho­ly song.

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