CPWI Hymnal ‎#812

812. What thanks and praise to thee we owe

1 What thanks and praise to thee we owe,
Eternal God and Word Divine,
for Luke, thy saint, through whom we know
so many gracious words of thine.

2 O happy saint! His sacred page,
so rich in words of truth and love,
pours on the church from age to age
the healing unction from above.

3 Historian of the Saviour's life,
the great apostle's chosen friend,
through weary years of toil and strife
and still found faithful to the end.

4 So grant us, Lord, like him to live,
beloved on earth, approved by thee,
till thou at last the summons give,
and we, with him, thy face shall see.

Text Information

• First Line: What thanks and praise to thee we owe
• Author: William Dalrymple MacLagan, 1826-1910 (alt.)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Saints' and Other Holy Days: St. Luke
• Notes: A higher setting of GRENOBLE (DEUS TUORUM MILITUM) is found at 145, 181, 632

Tune Information

• Name: GRENOBLE (DEUS TUORUM MILITUM)
• Harmonizer: Basil Harwood, 1859-1949 (alt.)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Antiphoner, Grenoble, 1753; Adaptation: The English Hymnal, 1906