Text: | In our day of Thanksgiving one psalm let us offer |
Author: | William Draper, 1855-1933 |
Tune: | ST CATHERINE'S COURT |
Composer: | Richard Strutt, 1848-1927 |
1 In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer
For the saints who before us have found their reward;
When the shadow of death fell upon them, we sorrowed,
But now we rejoice that they rest in the Lord.
2 In the morning of life, and at noon, and at even,
He called them away from our worship below;
But not till his love, at the font and the altar,
Had girt them with grace for the way they should go.
3 These stones that have echoed their praises are holy,
And dear is the ground where their feet have once trod;
Yet here they confessed they were strangers and pilgrims,
And still they were seeking the city of God.
4 Sing praise then, for all who here sought and here found Him,
Whose journey is ended, whose perils are past:
They believed in the Light; and its glory is round them,
Where the clouds of earth’s sorrows are lifted at last.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | In our day of Thanksgiving one psalm let us offer |
Author: | William Draper, 1855-1933 |
Meter: | 12 11 12 11 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | Dedication Festival; Patronal Festival; The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holy Days: Proper |
Notes: | In remembrance of past worshippers |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST CATHERINE'S COURT |
Composer: | Richard Strutt, 1848-1927 |
Meter: | 12 11 12 11 |
Key: | D♭ Major |