The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4963

4963. Our Helper God, We Bless Thy Name

1. Our helper, God, we bless Thy name,
Whose love forever is the same;
The tokens of whose gracious care
Begin and crown and close the year.

2. Amid ten thousand snares we stand,
Supported by Thy guardian hand;
And see, when we review our ways,
Ten thousand monuments of praise.

3. Thus far Thine arm has led us on;
Thus far we make Thy mercy known;
And while we tread this desert land,
New mercies shall new songs demand.

4. Our grateful souls on Jordan’s shore
Shall raise one sacred pillar more,
Then bear, in Thy bright courts above,
Inscriptions of immortal love.

Text Information

• First Line: Our helper, God, we bless Thy name
• Title: Our Helper God, We Bless Thy Name
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LOUVAN
• Composer: Virgil Corydon Taylor (1850)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 55123 12123 34323
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Chor­al An­thems (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1850
• Copyright: Public Domain