All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord

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All praise to thee, eternal Lord

Author (v. 2-5): Martin Luther (1524); Translator: Anonymous (1858)
Published in 103 hymnals

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	All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord

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	Tallis Canon: A Festive Hymn Setting

Representative Text

1 All praise to you, eternal Lord,
clothed in our human flesh and blood,
a manger choosing for your throne,
while worlds on worlds are yours alone.

2 The skies did once before you bow;
a virgin's arms contain you now:
the angels who in you rejoiced
now listen for your infant voice.

3 A little child, you are our guest,
that weary ones in you may rest;
forlorn and lowly is your birth,
that we may rise to heav'n from earth.

4 You came to us in darkest night
to make us children of the light,
to make us, in the realms divine,
as your own angels round you shine.

5 All this for us your love has done;
by this to you our love is won:
for this we tune our cheerful lays,
and shout our thanks in ceaseless praise.

Source: Trinity Psalter Hymnal #303

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Author (v. 2-5): Martin Luther

Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemned them, 1520; attended the Diet of Worms, 1521; translated the Bible into German, 1521-34; and died at Eisleben, Feb. 18, 1546. The details of his life and of his work as a reformer are accessible to English readers in a great variety of forms. Luther had a huge influence on German hymnody. i. Hymn Books. 1. Ellich cristlich lider Lobgesang un Psalm. Wittenberg, 1524. [Hamburg Library.] This contains 8 German h… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

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First Line:	All praise to thee, eternal Lord
Title:	All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord
Author (v. 2-5):	Martin Luther (1524)
Translator:	Anonymous (1858)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Source:	Ancient Requiem (1st verse); Latin sequence, 11th century (based on); German, st. 1, 1370
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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CANONBURY

Derived from the fourth piano piece in Robert A. Schumann's Nachtstücke, Opus 23 (1839), CANONBURY first appeared as a hymn tune in J. Ireland Tucker's Hymnal with Tunes, Old and New (1872). The tune, whose title refers to a street and square in Islington, London, England, is often matched to Haver…

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GELOBET SEIST DU

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