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Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Martin Rinkart; Catherine Winkworth Meter: 13.13.12.12 Appears in 691 hymnals First Line: Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 Oh, may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed; And guard us through all ills in this world, till the next! 3 All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given, The Son and Him Who reigns with Them in highest Heaven; The one eternal God, Whom earth and Heav’n adore; For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14 Used With Tune: NUN DANKET Text Sources: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Now_Thank_We_All_Our_God); The Cyber Hymnal (http://hymntime.com/tch/htm/n/o/nowthank.htm); Catherine Winkworth believed Martin Rinkart wrote the tune in 1644.

Now Thank We All Our God (Bushfire Memorial Hymn)

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Now thank we all our God Lyrics: ` Now thank we all our God for lives beloved and cherished, the brave who faced the flames, the young and old who perished, for those who fight the fires that sear our country's soul, for all who give relief to comfort and make whole. 1 No tears can stem this grief through outback, town or city, yet as disaster strikes, we share a common pity, where hearts and hands can help to build or recreate, our nation stands as one to mourn our people's fate. 3 Our lives are held in trust, O God of our believing, and we who still are spared, owe duty to the grieving, for everyone is kin when all can feel this pain, as families are gone and shattered ones remain. 4 Now thank we all our God for courage meeting danger, when selfless spirits fight for mate or helpless stranger, when wind and bushfire flare and terror grips our faith, compassion keeps us strong, through tragedy and death.

Now thank we God

Author: D. Abbott Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: O ever glorious Giver

Now thank we God for bodies strong

Author: Derwyn Dixon Jones Appears in 1 hymnal

Now Thank We God, for Honest Labor

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Bless the work we do today Lyrics: Refrain Now thank we, God, for honest labor, and this chance to be a neighbor. Bless the work we do today each in his or her own way: pounding nails or painting walls, cleaning windows, sweeping halls, mowing lawns or splitting wood, washing cars so they look good, serving up a tasty treat when it’s time to rest and eat. [Refrain] Used With Tune: NEIGHBOR LABOR