The Chorale Book for England ‎#181

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

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.

Accept, O Lord, our thankful praises
For all our Father's blessing gives;
May it increase our faith, and lead us
To praise Thee by obedient lives,
That every deed and word may prove
We feel and trust our Father's love.

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.

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 while here
Of all that to our care is given,
That greater gifts be ours in heaven.

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
• Title: Come, Christians, praise your Maker's goodness
• German Title: Kommt, Christen, Gottes Huld zu feiern
• Author: Liebich (1768)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1863

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