Praise to the Living God

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Praise to the living God, All praised be His Name

Translator: Max Landsberg; Author: Daniel ben Judah; Translator: Newton Mann; Adapter: William Channing Gannett
Tune: LEONI
Published in 65 hymnals

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1. Praise to the living God!
All praise be to his Name,
Who was, and is, and is to be,
Always the same!
The One Eternal God
Before what now appears:
The First, the Last, beyond all tho't
His timeless years!

2. Formless, all lovely forms
Declare his loveliness;
Holy, no holiness of earth
Can his express.
Lo, he is Lord of all!
Creation speaks his praise,
And everywhere, above, below,
His will obeys.

3. His Spirit floweth free,
High surging where it will:
In prophet's word he spoke of old,
He speaketh still.
Established is his law,
And changeless it shall stand,
Deep writ upon the human heart,
On sea, on land.

4. He knoweth every thought,
Our secrets open lie.
End as beginning clear to his
All-seeing eye.
With perfect poise he binds,
Accordant to the sense,
To wrong the doom, to right the joy,
In recompense.

5. Eternal life hath he
Implanted in the soul;
His love shall be our strength and stay
While ages roll.
Praise to the living God!
All praise be to his name,
Who was, and is, and is to be,
Always the same.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #97

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Translator: Max Landsberg

Max Landsberg was born in Berlin as the eldest son of a long-established Jewish family, shortly before his father, Meyer Landsberg, in Hildesheim took a job as a rabbi. First, Landsberg was privately educated, but then went to the high school Josephinum in Hildesheim . After graduation he studied in Göttingen, Breslau and Berlin. The training to become a rabbi he received from Lazarus eagle at the University of Kassel, Samuel Ephraim Meyer at the University of Hanover and of Abraham Geiger in Wroclaw. On 7 November 1866 he was codd at the University of Halle with his work Vita sultani Muradi "a Mohammed Amyn Mohibby, e. Mss. Bibliothecae regiae Berolinensis, addita versione latina atque adjectis adnotationibus Dr. phil. Doctorate. Since… Go to person page >

Author: Daniel ben Judah

Born in Italy, a Jewish liturgical poet who lived in Rome. One of his hymns, “Yigdal Elohim Hai” contains the 13 articles of belief of Maimonides. The poem forms part of the morning prayer of Ashkenazims, sung by the Sephardim on Sabbath eves and holy days, included in the Romaniot fritual for Saturday evenings. John Perry Go to person page >

Translator: Newton Mann

Mann, Rev. Newton. (Cazenovia, New York, January 16, 1836--July 25, 1926, Chicago, Illinois). He graduated from Cazenovia Academy, and during the Civil War served as head of the Western Sanitary Commission. He then entered the Unitarian ministry and was ordained as pastor of the church in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which he organized and served for three years. He later served churches in Troy, New York, 1868-1870; Rochester, N.Y., 1870-1888; and Omaha, Nebraska, 1888-1908, after which he retired to Chicago. His only connection with hymnody was his versification of an English translation of the Jewish creedal statement known as the Yigdal. His verse, which has not survived, was later recast by Rev. W.C. Gannett. In its present form the hymn is pro… Go to person page >

Adapter: 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 >

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First Line:	Praise to the living God, All praised be His Name
Title:	Praise to the Living God
Translator:	Max Landsberg
Translator:	Newton Mann
Author:	Daniel ben Judah
Adapter:	William Channing Gannett
Meter:	6.6.8.4 D
Source:	Yigdal
Place of Origin:	Germany
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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LEONI

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #34

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF)
Bulletin Score (PDF)
Full Score (PDF)

The Cyber Hymnal #5632

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MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #34
MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #34
MIDI file from The Cyber Hymnal #5632
MIDI file from Worship in Song: A Friends Hymnal #30

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Piano/Organ As Though the Whole Creation Cried - Volume 2 My Father's World (Four-hand hymn settings in musical styles from world cultures) Praise and Thanksgiving, Set 3 More Piano/Organ...
Choral Blessed Is the King! Hosanna! More Choral...
Instrumental Five Hymn Preludes for Cello and Keyboard Sing It Simply (25 Congregational Hymn Accompaniments for Piano, with opt. Guitar, Bass, and Handbells) More Instrumental...
Handbells SHORT & SWEET HYMNS OF JOY Variations on “Leoni” (The God of Abraham Praise) Variations on “Leoni” (The God of Abraham Praise) More Handbells...

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