Scripture Verse

Let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145:21

Introduction

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Laura B. Hunter (1860–1942)

Words: Lau­ra B. Hun­ter, in The Best Gos­pel Songs and Their Com­pos­ers (Dal­ton, Geor­gia: An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter, 1904), num­ber 75.

Music: Claude H. Bot­toms (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a bet­ter pho­to of Bot­toms,

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Claude H. Bottoms
(1878–1940)

Lyrics

We bless Thy ho­ly name,
Thou who canst save from shame,
Thee we ad­ore;
Let all the peo­ple sing;
Loud let Thy prais­es ring,
Thou art our God and king
For ev­er­more!

Thou art our life and light,
Dispelling all our night,
With mer­cy free;
We bow be­fore Thy throne,
Thy so­ver­eign­ty we own;
Since Thou art God alone,
We come to Thee.

Accept our grate­ful praise,
Guide us in wis­dom’s ways,
Almighty Friend;
Our zeal and strength re­new,
Help us our work to do,
With lov­ing hearts and true,
Till time shall end.

When earth­ly tasks are o’er,
On Ca­naan’s shin­ing shore
How sweet ’twill be,
’Mid scenes of pure de­light,
Where sin can ne­ver blight,
To share Thy glo­ry bright,
Eternally!