Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#28

28. Holy God, We Praise Your Name

Text Information

• First Line: Holy God, we praise your name; Sovereign God
• Title: Holy God, We Praise Your Name
• Author: Anon. German (c. 1774)
• Translator: Clarence A. Walworth (1853, alt.)
• Meter: 78.78.77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Revelation 4:8-11
• Topic: Church: Communion of Saints; God: Adoration and Praise; Trinity

Tune Information

• Name: GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH
• Adapter: Johann G. Schicht (1819)
• Meter: 78.78.77
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, c. 1774

Text Information:

This German version of the Catholic 'Te Deum' came into Protestant usage in 1819. This hymn was played at the close of the requiem mass for President Kennedy, as the casket was carried from the church