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We Gather Together

Author: Theodore Baker Appears in 222 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness, Thanksgiving First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing, Sing praises to His name: He forgets not His own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning: Thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be Thine! 3 We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant, And pray that Thou still our Defender wilt be. Let Thy congregation escape tribulation: Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free! Amen. Used With Tune: [We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing] Text Sources: Netherlands folk hymn

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)

Author: Thomas Ken, 1637-1711 Appears in 1,349 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness First Line: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow Used With Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH

Let All Things Now Living

Author: Katherine K. Davis Meter: 12.11.12.11 D Appears in 58 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness and Thanksgiving First Line: Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving Used With Tune: ASH GROVE

Count Your Blessings

Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 290 hymnals Topics: Thanksgiving (Thankfulness) First Line: When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed Refrain First Line: Count your blessings, name them one by one Lyrics: 1 When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Refrain: Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done; Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done. 2 Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly, And you will be singing as the days go by. [Refrain] 3 When you look at others with their lands and gold, Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold; Count your many blessings, money cannot buy Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high. [Refrain] 4 So, amid the conflict, whether great or small, Do not be discouraged, God is over all; Count your many blessings, angels will attend, Help and comfort give you to your journey's end. [Refrain] Used With Tune: BLESSINGS

I Sing the Mighty Power of God

Author: Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 480 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness First Line: I sing the mighty pow'r of God Used With Tune: ELLACOMBE

Songs of Thankfulness and Praise

Author: Christopher Wordsworth Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 135 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness Lyrics: 1 Songs of thankfulness and praise, Jesus Christ, to you we raise, manifested by the star, to the sages from afar; branch of royal David's stem in your birth at Bethlehem; anthems be to you addressed God in flesh made manifest. 2 Manifest at Jordan's stream, Prophet, Priest and King supreme; and at Cana wedding-guest in your Godhead manifest; manifest in power divine, changing water into wine: anthems be to you addressed God in flesh made manifest. 3 Manifest in making whole palsied limbs and fainting soul; manifest in valiant fight, quelling all the devil's might; manifest in gracious will, ever bringing good from ill: anthems be to you addressed God in flesh made manifest. 4 Grant us grace to see you, Lord, mirrored in your holy Word; with your grace our lives endow, grace to imitate you now, that we like to you may be at your great epiphany; anthems be to you addressed God in flesh made manifest. Used With Tune: SALZBURG (HINTZE)

To God Be The Glory

Author: Fanny J. Crosby Meter: 11.11.11.11 with refrain Appears in 243 hymnals Topics: The Worship of God Rejoicing And Thanks First Line: To God be the glory! Great things He hath done Refrain First Line: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice! Scripture: Psalm 29:2

We Plow the Fields

Author: Matthias Claudius; Jane Montgomery Campbell Meter: 7.6.7.6 D with refrain Appears in 468 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness First Line: We plow the fields and scatter Refrain First Line: All good gifts around us are sent Lyrics: 1 We plow the fields and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and watered By God's almighty hand. God sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes and the sunshine, And soft refreshing rain. Refrain: All good gifts around us are sent From heaven above. We thank you, Lord, we thank you, Lord, for all your love. 2 You only are the Maker Of all things near and far. You paint the wayside flower, You light the evening star. The winds and waves obey you, By you the birds are fed; Much more to us, your children, You give our daily bread. [Refrain] 3 We thank you, then, Creator, For all things bright and good, The seed-time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food. Accept the gifts we offer, For all your love imparts, And what you most would welcome, Our humble, thankful hearts. [Refrain] Used With Tune: WIR PFLÜGEN Text Sources: Trans.: Garland of Song, 1861

God in His Love for Us

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 11.10.11.10 Appears in 20 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness First Line: God in his love for us lent us this planet Scripture: Job 26:7 Used With Tune: MORNING STAR

Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Appears in 759 hymnals Topics: Thankfulness First Line: Rejoice, the Lord is King! Lyrics: 1 Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your risen Lord adore! Rejoice, give thanks and sing and triumph evermore: Refrain: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice; again I say, rejoice! 2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, the God of truth and love; when he had purged our sins, he took his seat above. [Refrain] 3 God's kingdom cannot fail; Christ rules o'er earth and heaven; the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given. [Refrain] 4 Rejoice in glorious hope, for Christ, the Judge, shall come to glorify the saints for their eternal home: We then shall hear the archangel's voice; the trump of God shall sound, rejoice! Used With Tune: DARWALL