Praise to God and Thanksgiving

Author: William Channing Gannett

Gannett, William Channing, M.A., s. of Dr. Ezra Stiles Gannett, was b. at Boston, March 13, 1840, and educated at Harvard College, 1860, and the Divinity School, Cambridge. Entered the Unitarian Ministry in 1868, and after filling several pastorates he became Pastor of the Unitarian Church at Rochester, N.Y., 1889. Mr. Gannett's hymns, mainly written for special occasions, were included in great part in The Thought of God in Hymns and Poems, Boston, 1st Series 1885,2nd Series 1894, the combined production of F. L. Hosmer (q.v.) and himself. Of Mr. Gannett's hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Bring, 0 morn, thy music [God Everlasting.] Written in 1893, and printed in A Chorus of Faith, being an account and resume of the Parli… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Praise to God and thanksgiving
Title: Praise to God and Thanksgiving
Author: William Channing Gannett
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MONKLAND

The tune MONKLAND has a fascinating if complex history. Rooted in a tune for the text "Fahre fort" in Johann A. Freylinghausen's (PHH 34) famous hymnal, Geistreiches Gesangbuch (1704), it then was significantly altered by John Antes (b. Frederick, PA, 1740; d. Bristol, England, 1811) in a Moravian m…

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ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR (Elvey)

George J. Elvey (PHH 48) composed ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR as a setting for James Montgomery's text "Hark! The Song of Jubilee," with which it was published in Edward H. Thorne's Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1858). The tune has been associated with Alford's text since publication of the hymn in th…

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Timeline

Instances

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Heart and Voice #d215

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Heart and Voice #206

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Hymnal Amore Dei #192

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Hymnal, Amore Dei #192

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Hymnal, Amore Dei. Rev. ed. #a192

Hymns and Songs #ad29

Hymns and Songs I #d29

Hymns and Songs IV #aad29

Jubilate Deo #118

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d695

The Advent Christian Hymnal. Rev. #d291

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The Carol #59a

Unity Hymns and Chorals. Rev and enl. with Service Elements #d240

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