O praise our great and glorious Lord

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1 O praise our great and gracious Lord,
and call upon his name;
to strains of joy tune every chord,
his mighty acts proclaim;
tell how he led his chosen race
to Canaan’s promised land;
tell how his covenant of grace
unchanged shall ever stand.

2 He gave the shadowing cloud by day,
the moving fire by night;
to guide his Israel on their way,
he made their darkness light;
and have we not a sure retreat,
a Saviour ever nigh,
the same clear light to guide our feet,
the day-spring from on high?

3 We too, have manna from above,
the bread that comes from heaven;
to us the same kind hand of love
hath living waters given;
a rock we have, from whence the spring
in rich abundance flows;
that rock is Christ, our Priest, our King,
who life and health bestows.

4 O may we praise this blessèd food,
and trust our heavenly Guide;
so shall we find death's fearful flood
serene as Jordan's tide,
and safely reach that happy shore,
and land of peace and rest,
where angels worship and adore
in God’s own presence blest.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #374

Author: Harriet Auber

Auber, Harriet, daughter of Mr. James Auber, b. in London, Oct. 4, 1773. During the greater part of her quiet and secluded life she resided at Broxbourne and Hoddesdon, Herts, and died at the latter place on the 20th Jan., 1862. Miss Auber wrote devotional and other poetry, but only a portion of the former was published in her Spirit of the Psalms, in 1829. This collection is mainly her work, and from it some useful versions of the Psalms have been taken and included in modern hymn-books, about 20 appearing in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, 1866. Miss Auber's name is widely known, but it is principally through her exquisite lyric, "Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed," and the Epiphany hymn, "Bright was the guiding star that led." (For criti… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O praise our great and glorious Lord
Author: Harriet Auber
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. URSULA


MAOZ TSUR (Hebrew)


ST. MATTHEW (Croft)

ST. MATTHEW was published in the Supplement to the New Version of Psalms by Dr. Brady and Mr. Tate (1708), where it was set to Psalm 33 and noted as a new tune. The editor of the Supplement, William Croft (PHH 149), may be the composer of ST. MATTHEW. One of the longer British psalm tunes, it has a…

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #A.XXIII

Christian Science Hymnal (Rev. and enl.) #281

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #478

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CPWI Hymnal #374

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Hymn Tunes and Carols #5

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #294

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #400

Hymns Ancient and Modern #295

Spurgeon's Own Hymn Book #78

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #511

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #184.511

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The Baptist Hymn Book #511

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #380

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #67

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The Cyber Hymnal #5281

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The English Hymnal #461

The English Hymnal #461

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The Hymnal 1982 #393

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The New English Hymnal #116

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The Wreath of Gems #112

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