ev-'ry joy, Let Thy praise our tongues employ.

500

Thanksgiving. Ps. lxv.

2 For the blessings of the field, For the stores the gardens yield; For the fruits in full supply, Ripened 'neath the summer sky;

3 Flocks that whiten all the plain;
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain;
Clouds that drop their fattening dews;
Suns that temperate warmth diffuse;
4 All that spring with bounteous hand
Scatters o'er the smiling land;
All that liberal autumn pours
From her rich o'erflowing stores;
5 These to Thee, my God, we owe,
Source whence all our blessings flow;
And for these my soul shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

Mrs. Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825), 1772. Ab. and alt.

AMERICA. 6.6.4.6.6.6.4.

HENRY CAREY (1663-1743), 1740. Har. 1745.

2 For her our prayer shall rise
To God, above the skies;
On Him we wait;
Thou who art ever nigh,
Guarding with watchful eye,
To Thee aloud we cry,

God save the State.

Rev. Charles Timothy Brooks (1813-1883), 1835. Alt. by Rev. John Sullivan Dwight (1813- ), 1844.

503

Thanksgiving for Harvest.

1 THE God of harvest praise,
In loud thanksgivings raise
Hand, heart, and voice;
The valleys laugh and sing,
Forests and mountains ring,
The plains their tribute bring,
The streams rejoice.

2 Yea, bless His holy Name,
And joyous thanks proclaim
Through all the earth;
To glory in your lot
Is comely; but be not
God's benefits forgot
Amidst your mirth.

3 The God of harvest praise;
Hands, hearts, and voices raise
With one accord;
From field to garner throng,
Bearing your sheaves along,
And in your harvest-song

Bless ye the Lord.

James Montgomery (1771-1854), 1822. Ab. and alt.

5

Rev. Isaac Watts (1674-1748), 1709.

L. M. 61.

7

8

9

L. P. M.

Now to the great and sacred Three,
The Father, Son, and Spirit, be
Eternal praise and glory given,
Through all the worlds where God is
known,

By all the angels near the throne,

And all the saints in earth and Heaven. Rev. Isaac Watts, 1719.

H. M.

O God, for ever blest,
To Thee all praise be given;
Thy Name Triune confessed

10

11

By all in earth and Heaven; As heretofore it was, is now,

And shall be so for evermore. Rev. Edward Henry Bickersteth (1825- ), 1870.

8, 7.

PRAISE the Father, earth and Heaven,
Praise the Sou, the Spirit praise,

As it was, and is, be given
Glory through eternal days.

8, 7. D.

Unknown Author, 1827.

WORSHIP, honor, glory, blessing,
Lord, we offer to Thy Name:
Young and old their praise expressing,
Join Thy goodness to proclaim,
As the saints in Heaven adore Thee,
We would bow before Thy throne;
As the angels serve before Thee,
So on earth Thy will be done.

Edward Osler (1798-1863), 1836.
8, 7. 4.

GLORY be to God the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,
Glory be to God the Spirit,
Great Jehovah, Three in One:
Glory, glory,

While eternal ages run.

Rev. Horatius Bonar (1808

), 1866.