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Table Hymn

To God we hymn our grateful praise

Author: D. S. Warner
Published in 3 hymnals


Representative Text

To God we hymn our grateful praise,
For blessings new that crown our days:
'Tis from thy hand of love divine,
We feed once more these bodies, thine.

We thank thee, Lord, for food this hour,
And praise thee for thy saving pow'r;
We eat and live to God alone,
Who makes our heart his blissful throne.

Author: D. S. Warner

Warner, Daniel Sidney. (near Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, 1842--1895). Church of God. Reared on an Ohio farm. During the Civil War, he substituted for a brother. Later he taught school. He attended Oberlin College briefly in 1865. By 1867 he was licensed to preach by the Western Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennerian). His experience in preaching was gained on circuits in Nebraska and Ohio. In 1874 he was in trouble with the Eldership for preaching entire sanctification. Soon he joined the Indiana Eldership. In 1881 he was in trouble with this Eldership over sectism. Warner was an associate editor of the Herals of Gospel Freedom in 1878. this paper was merged with the Pilgrim about 1881, and the new paper was called th… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: To God we hymn our grateful praise
Title: Table Hymn
Author: D. S. Warner
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Anthems from the Throne #141

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Songs of the Evening Light #120

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Truth in Song #193

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