Text:Father, we praise thee
Author (attributed to):Gregory the Great, 540-604
Translator:Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Tune:CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Harmonizer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

813. Father, we praise thee

1 Father, we praise thee, now the night is over;
active and watchful, standing we all before thee;
singing, we offer prayer and meditation:
thus we adore thee.

2 Monarch of all things, fit us for thy mansions;
banish our weakness, health and wholeness sending;
bring us to heaven, where thy saints united
joy without ending.

3 All-holy Father, Son, and equal Spirit,
trinity blessed, send us thy salvation;
thine is the glory, gleaming and resounding
through all creation.

Text Information
First Line: Father, we praise thee, now the night is over
Title: Father, we praise thee
Author (attributed to): Gregory the Great, 540-604
Translator: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936
Meter: 11 11 11 5
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Topic: Glory; Healing / Health; Heaven (4 more...)
Copyright: Translation © Oxford University Press
Notes: Now Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CHRISTE SANCTORUM
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 11 11 11 5
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Paris Antiphoner 1681
Copyright: Harmony © Oxford University Press from The English Hymnal



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