Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#136

136. Come, Christians,praise your Maker's goodness

1 Come Christians, praise your Maker's goodness,
Rejoice in Him and in His gift;
To-day before the Lord of harvest
In happy songs your voices lift;
For He who cared for us of yore
Hath bless'd our fields and homes once more.

2 Accept, O Lord, our thankful praises
For all our Father doth bestow;
May it increase our faith, and lead us
Our praise by godly lives to show;
That every deed and word may prove
We trust and own our Father's love.

3 Thou feedest us in pure compassion;
Teach us to care for others' need;
Let each, as he is able, comfort
The sick and poor, the hungry feed:
O Father Thou of all below,
On each what most he needs bestow.

4 Open Thy bounteous hands in blessing
Thus to refresh us year by year;
Provide for us through all life's journey,
And make us faithful stewards here
Of all that to our care is given,
That greater gifts be ours in heaven.

5 Preserve to us what Thou hast sent us,
And grant us calm and peaceful days
And grateful hearts, that we may use it
In quiet gladness to Thy praise:
And while our bodies thus are fed,
O grant our souls the Living Bread!

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Christians,praise your Maker's goodness
• Author: Ehrenfried Liebig (1780)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1863)
• Meter: No. 32
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Church Year: Harvest
• Notes: From the German text: Kommt Christen, Gottes Huld zu feiern

Tune Information

• Name: ELBE (O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte)
• Composer: Johann Balthasar König (1738)
• Meter: No. 32
• Key: F Major