Glory, Love, and Praise, and Honor

Glory, love, and praise, and honor

Author: Charles Wesley (1746)
Tune: BENIFOLD
Published in 9 hymnals

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1 Glory, love and praise, and honour
for our food,
now bestowed,
render we the Donor.
Bounteous God, we now confess thee;
God, who thus
blessest us,
meet it is to bless thee.

2 Thankful for our every blessing,
let us sing
Christ the Spring,
never, never ceasing.
Source of all our gifts and graces
Christ we own;
Christ alone
calls for all our praises.

3 He dispels our sin and sadness,
life imparts,
cheers our hearts,
fills with food and gladness.
Who himself for all hath given,
us he feeds,
us he leads
to a feast in heaven.

Source: Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern #436

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #225

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Common Praise #436

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Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #207

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Standard Edition #461

Hymns Old and New #160

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Rejoice in the Lord #554

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The Hymnal 1982 #300

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The New English Hymnal #287

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