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I Will Praise the Lord Today

I will praise the Lord today

Author: E. A. Barnes
Tune: [I will praise the Lord today]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I will praise the Lord today,
For the Lord is good to me;
And his love appears as the sweetest gift,
‘Mid the blessings that I see.

Refrain:
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth,
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth,
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth,
And with my song will I praise him.

2 I will praise the Lord today,
For his name is more than sweet;
And I gather strength for the toils of life
As I worship at his feet. [Refrain]

3 I will praise the Lord today,
For his word is life and love;
And the hope he gives is a blessed hope,
For it lifts my soul above. [Refrain]

4 I will praise the Lord today,
For the Lord has ransomed me;
He has set his seal on this soul of mine,
That his glory I may see. [Refrain]

Source: Joyful Sound: a collection of new hymns and music with familiar selections #5

Author: E. A. Barnes

Edward Albert Barnes, born January 24 1842. He was a life long resident of Chicago and a prolifich hymn writer, and active in the American Temperance Movement. Dianne Shapiro, from http://mms.newberry.org/html/BarnesE.html Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I will praise the Lord today
Title: I Will Praise the Lord Today
Author: E. A. Barnes
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)
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Joyful Sound #5

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Sacred Trio #183

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The Finest of the Wheat #68

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The Sacred Trio #183

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The Standard Sunday School Hymnal #90

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