Father, We Praise Thee, Now the Night is Over

Representative Text

1 Father, we praise you, now the night is over,
active and watchful, standing now before you;
singing, we offer prayer and meditation:
thus we adore you.

2 Monarch of all things, fit us for your mansions;
banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;
bring us to heaven, where your saints united
joy without ending.

3 All-holy Father, Son, and equal Spirit,
Trinity blessed, send us your salvation;
yours is the glory, gleaming and resounding
through all creation.

Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #778

Translator: Percy Dearmer

Dearmer, Percy, M.A., son of Thomas Dearmer, was born in London, Feb. 27, 1867, and educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1890, M.A. 1896). He was ordained D. 1891, P. 1892, and has been since 1901 Vicar of S. Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, London. He has been Secretary of the London Branch of the Christian Social Union since 1891, and is the author of The Parson's Handbook, 1st edition, 1899, and other works. He was one of the compilers of the English Hymnal, 1906, acting as Secretary and Editor, and contributed to it ten translations (38, 95, 150, 160, 165, 180, 215, 237, 352, 628) and portions of two others (242, 329), with the following originals:— 1. A brighter dawn is breaking. Easter. Suggested by… Go to person page >

Author (attr.): Gregory the Great

Gregory I., St., Pope. Surnamed The Great. Was born at Rome about A.D. 540. His family was distinguished not only for its rank and social consideration, but for its piety and good works. His father, Gordianus, said to have been the grandson of Pope Felix II. or III., was a man of senatorial rank and great wealth; whilst his mother, Silvia, and her sisters-in-law, Tarsilla and Aemiliana, attained the distinction of canonization. Gregory made the best use of his advantages in circumstances and surroundings, so far as his education went. "A saint among saints," he was considered second to none in Rome in grammar, rhetoric, and logic. In early life, before his father's death, he became a member of the Senate; and soon after he was thirty and ac… Go to person page >

Notes

Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes, p. 809, i. Additional versions are:—
1. Christ's loving children, for His hope abiding, an adaptation in the Tattendon Hymnal, 1899, No. 49, marked as " English by R. B."
2. Father, we praise Thee, now the night is over, by P. Dearmer, in The English Hymnal, 1906, No. 165.
3. Here in the House of God we take our station, in the Office Hymn Book , 1889, No. 703. In the New Office Hymn Book, 1905, No. 158, it begins, "Lo! with the morn¬ing here we take our station." [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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Ambassador Hymnal #231

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Ancient and Modern #3

Australian Hymn Book #2

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Christian Worship (1993) #581

Christian Worship #102

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Christian Worship #778

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #53

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Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #209

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Common Praise #3

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Evangelical Lutheran Hymnary #76

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Evangelical Lutheran Worship #558

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #26

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools #6

Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. 3rd ed. #d73

Hymnal for Juniors in Worship and Study #d29

Hymnal #650

Hymnbook for Christian Worship #62

Hymns and Psalms #633

Hymns for Worship #114

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Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #209

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Lutheran Book of Worship #267

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Lutheran Service Book #875

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Lutheran Worship #482

Pilgrim Hymnal #41

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #143

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Rejoice in the Lord #515

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RitualSong (2nd ed.) #942

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RitualSong #860

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Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #204

Sing to the Lord #d56

Songs of praise #28

Songs of Praise for America #d20

The Australian Hymn Book with Catholic Supplement #2

The Book of Common Praise #12

The Book of Hymns #d128

The Book of Praise #546

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The Book of Praise #813

The Chapel Hymnal #d57

The Chapel Hymnal #d56

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The Church and School Hymnal #1

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The Church Hymnary (3rd Ed.) #43

The Covenant Hymnal #645

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The Cyber Hymnal #1474

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The English Hymnal #165

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The English Hymnal #165a

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The English Hymnal #165b

The Harvard University Hymn Book #d61

The Harvard University Hymn Book #32

The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #359

The Hymnal #d98

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The Hymnal #A86

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The Hymnal #24

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The Hymnal 1982 #1

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The Hymnal 1982 #2

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #157a

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The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 #157b

The Hymnal #44

The Hymnary for use in Baptist churches #540

The Hymnary of the United Church of Canada #540

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The Hymnbook #43

The Mennonite Hymnal #480

The Mennonite Hymnary, published by the Board of Publication of the General Conference of the Mennonite Church of North America #24

The Methodist Hymnal #d128

The Milton Hymnal #d39

The New Church Hymnal #d99

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The New English Hymnal #149a

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The New English Hymnal #149b

The New Hymnal for American Youth #26

The New Hymnal for American Youth #26

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #459

The Saint Dunstan Hymnal, Plainsong Hymns with Accompaniments, from the Manuscripts of the late Rev. Winfred Douglas #d19

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The United Methodist Hymnal #680

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The Winchester Hymn Supplement #38

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The Worshipbook #365

Worship (3rd ed.) #4

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Worship (4th ed.) #4

Worship and Hymns for All Occasions #d61

Worship II, a Hymnal for Roman Catholic Parishes #d67

Worship in Song #d68

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Worship Supplement #788

Worship, a Complete Hymnal and Mass Book for Parishes #d45

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