Praise God

Representative Text

Praise God, praise God, the love we all may share.
Praise God, praise God, the beauty everywhere.
Praise God, the hope of good to be.
Praise God, the truth that makes us free.
Amen.

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #365

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Author: Charles Harold Lyttle

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Text Information

First Line: Praise God, the Love we all may share
Title: Praise God
Author: Charles Harold Lyttle
Meter: 10.10.8.8
Language: English
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Tune

OLD HUNDREDTH

This tune is likely the work of the composer named here, but has also been attributed to others as shown in the instances list below. According to the Handbook to the Baptist Hymnal (1992), Old 100th first appeared in the Genevan Psalter, and "the first half of the tune contains phrases which may ha…

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VOM HIMMEL HOCH

Initially Luther used the folk melody associated with his first stanza as the tune for this hymn. Later he composed this new tune for his text. VOM HIMMEL HOCH was first published in Valentin Schumann's Geistliche Lieder in 1539. Johann S. Bach (PHH 7) used Luther's melody in three places in his wel…

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DOXOLOGY (Rickey)


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Hymns of Truth & Light #45

Hymns of Truth & Light #45
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Singing the Living Tradition #365

Singing the Living Tradition #365
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