Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#485

485. Praise to God, immortal praise

1 Praise to God, immortal praise
For the Love that crowns our days!
Bounteous source of every joy,
Let Thy praise our tongues employ!

2 For the blessing of the field,
For the stores the gardens yield;
Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain:

3 All that spring, with bounteous hand,
Scatters o’er the smiling land;
All that liberal autumn pours
From her overflowing stores:

4 These to Thee, my God! we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow!
And for these my soul shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to God, immortal praise
• Author: Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1772)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Times and Seasons: Harvest

Tune Information

• Name: GOTT SEI DANK DURCH ALLE WELT
• Meter: 7 7, 7 7
• Key: D Major
• Source: Freylinghausen's Gesangbuch, Halle, 1704