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Thanks to our heavenly Father
Appears in 6 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Tho' angels tune his praise,
He will permit his children
Their humble song to raise.
Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Whose love protects us here,
And spares us yet to welcome
Another happy year.
2 For all the years departed,
For all the years to come,
For all the thousand blessings
That crown our happy home,
For all our loving kindred,
For all the friends we claim,
We thank our heavenly Father,
And bless his holy name. Used With Tune: MILLENNIUM SONG
Thanks to our heavenly Father
MILLENNIUM SONG
Appears in 1 hymnal Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 12333 33112 27711 Used With Text: Thanks to our heavenly Father
MILLENNIUM SONG
[Thanks to thee, our heav'nly Father]
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 51755 21554 31171 Used With Text: Marching Onward in the Light
[Thanks to thee, our heav'nly Father]
Thanks to our heavenly Father
Hymnal: The New Sabbath School Hosanna #116a (1870) Lyrics: 1 Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Tho' angels tune his praise,
He will permit his children
Their humble song to raise.
Thanks to our heavenly Father,
Whose love protects us here,
And spares us yet to welcome
Another happy year.
2 For all the years departed,
For all the years to come,
For all the thousand blessings
That crown our happy home,
For all our loving kindred,
For all the friends we claim,
We thank our heavenly Father,
And bless his holy name. Tune Title: MILLENNIUM SONG
Thanks to our heavenly Father
Thanks to our heavenly Father
Hymnal: American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a380 (1860) Languages: English
Thanks to our heavenly Father
Thanks to our heavenly Father
Hymnal: American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa380 (1860) Languages: English
Thanks to our heavenly Father
E. E. Hewitt
1851 - 1920 Author of "Marching Onward in the Light" in The Young People's Hymnal No. 3 Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds.
Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916)
E. E. Hewitt
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Composer of "[Thanks to thee, our heav'nly Father]" in The Young People's Hymnal No. 3 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
