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