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Text:Praise we the Lord this day
Author:Anon.
Tune:ST. GEORGE
Composer:H. J. Gauntlett

153. Praise we the Lord this day

1 Praise we the Lord this day,
This day so long foretold,
Whose promise shone with cheering ray
On waiting saints of old.

2 The prophet gave the sign
For faithful men to read;
A virgin born of David's line
Shall bear the promised Seed.

3 Ask not how this should be,
But worship and adore,
Like her whom heaven's majesty
Came down to shadow o'er.

4 Meekly she bowed her head
To hear the gracious word,
Mary, the pure and lowly maid,
The favoured of the Lord.

5 Blessed shall be her name
In all the Church on earth
Through whom that wondrous mercy came
The Incarnate Saviour's birth.

Text Information
First Line: Praise we the Lord this day
Author: Anon.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: Holy Days: The Annunciation
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ST. GEORGE
Composer: H. J. Gauntlett
Meter: S.M.
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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