The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7228

7228. We Praise Thee, O God

1. We praise Thee, O God, our Lord and our king,
Accept Thou the praise we gratefully bring;
Thanksgiving and worship we offer to Thee,
Thou ruler of nations, in whom we are free.

2. We praise Thee, O God, for Thy guiding hand,
In leading Thy church to freedom’s fair land;
Through sore persecution our fathers here came,
Where free and unfettered they worshipped Thy name.

3. We praise Thee, O God, for years of increase,
For faith unassailed, prosperity, peace;
United we offer our anthem of praise,
To Thee, our supporter, our Ancient of Days.

4. We pray Thee, O Christ, our Savior and friend,
From error and strife Thy Zion defend;
Breathe on us, we pray Thee, O Spirit of love,
And fit us for union with Thy church above.

Text Information

• First Line: We praise Thee, O God, our Lord and our king
• Title: We Praise Thee, O God
• Author: Ambrose M. Schmidt (1857)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Language: English
• Source: The Sun­day School Hym­nal (Phil­a­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Hei­del­berg Press, 1900)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HANOVER
• Composer (attributed to): William Croft (1708)
• Meter: 10.10.11.11
• Incipit: 51123 51271 23217
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: The Sup­ple­ment to the New Ver­sion of Psalms, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, 6th edi­tion, 1708
• Copyright: Public Domain