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Text:All Praise to God in Highest Heaven
Author:Michael Weisse
Translator (stanza 3):Dalton E. McDonald
Translator (Stanzas 1, 2, 4-6):Margaret Barclay
Tune:GELOBT SEI GOTT
Composer (attributed to):Melchoir Vulpius

291. All Praise to God in Highest Heaven

Text Information
First Line: All praise to God in highest heaven
Title: All Praise to God in Highest Heaven
Translator (Stanzas 1, 2, 4-6): Margaret Barclay (1950, alt. 1972)
Author: Michael Weisse (1531)
Translator (stanza 3): Dalton E. McDonald (1972)
Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Meter: 8.8.8. with Alleluias
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: Opening of Worship; Christian Year: Easter Day
Copyright: Words of stanzas I, 2, 4-6 altered from "Cantate Domino"; used by permission of the World Student Christian Federation.; Words of stanza 3 copyright 1972 by The Westminster Press.
Tune Information
Name: GELOBT SEI GOTT
Composer (attributed to): Melchoir Vulpius (1609)
Meter: 8.8.8. with Alleluias
Key: C Major
Notes: As in Pilgrim Hymnal, 1958



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