The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7645

7645. We Praise Thee, Lord, with Earliest Morning Ray

1. We praise Thee, Lord, with earliest morning ray;
We praise Thee with the glowing light of day:
All things that live and move, by sea and land,
Forever ready at Thy service stand.

2. The nations all are singing night and day,
Glory to Thee, the mighty God, for aye!
By Thee, through Thee, in Thee all beings are!
The listening earth repeats the song afar.

3. Thy name is great, Thy kingdom in us dwell;
Thy will constrain, and feed and guide us well:
Guard us, redeem us in the evil hour;
For Thine the glory, Lord, and Thine the power!

Text Information

• First Line: We praise Thee, Lord, with earliest morning ray
• Title: We Praise Thee, Lord, with Earliest Morning Ray
• German Title: Drei­ein­ig­keit, der Gott­heit wahr­er Spie­gel
• Translator (from German): Cath­er­ine Wink­worth
• Author: Jo­hann Franck
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Language: English
• Source: An­dachts-Zym­beln, by C. Pe­ter (Frei­berg: 1655), page 276; trans­lat­ion in Lyra Ger­man­i­ca, se­cond ser­ies, 1858
• Notes: Wink­worth’s orig­in­al trans­la­tion be­gan “True Mir­ror of the God­head!”; the words be­low are a cen­to that ap­peared in Hymns of the Spirit (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1884), number 103.

Tune Information

• Name: ELLERS
• Composer: Edward J. Hopkins
• Meter: 10.10.10.10
• Key: G Major
• Source: Sup­ple­ment­al Tune-Book, by Brown-Borth­wick, 1869
• Copyright: Public Domain