God Is Great and God Is Good

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God is great, and God is good, And we thank Him for our food

Author: Anonymous
Published in 8 hymnals

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God is great, and God is good,
And we thank Him for our food;
By His hand we all are fed;
Give us Lord, our daily bread.

Source: The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #678

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Author: Anonymous

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First Line:	God is great, and God is good, And we thank Him for our food
Title:	God Is Great and God Is Good
Author:	Anonymous
Meter:	7.7.7.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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HAMPTON (Bliss)

HENDON (Malan)

HENDON was composed by Henri A. Cesar Malan (b. Geneva, Switzerland, 1787; d. Vandoeuvres, Switzerland, 1864) and included in a series of his own hymn texts and tunes that he began to publish in France in 1823, and which ultimately became his great hymnal Chants de Sion (1841). HENDON is thought to…

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POSEN

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