25 REGENT SQUARE 85. 75. 61. 4 9:24 94 b HENRY SMART 1. O thou God of my sal vation, My Re - deem er from all sin; Moved by thy divine com-passion, Who hast died my heart to win, 00 I will praise thee; I will praise thee; Where shall I thy praise be-gin? A-MEN. 1. Shall hymns of grateful love Thro' heav'n's high arches ring, And all the hosts a bove Their songs of triumph sing; And shall not we take up the strain, And send the echo back a gain? A-MEN. Thousands on ly live to bless thee, And confess thee Lord of might. A-MEN. 2 Thou who art beyond the farthest Mortal eye can scan, Can it be that thou regardest Songs of sinful man? Can we feel that thou art near us, And wilt hear us? Yea, we can. 3 Here, great God, to-day we offer Hearts and minds, and hands and voices, In our choicest Melody. 4 Honor, glory, might, and merit, Thine shall ever be, Of the best that thou hast given Earth and heaven FRANCIS Pотт 2 For the beauty of each hour Of the day and of the night, Hill and vale, and tree and flower, Sun and moon, and stars of light,Christ our God, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 3 For the joy of ear and eye; For the heart and mind's delight; For the mystic harmony Linking sense to sound and sight,Christ our God, to thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise. 4 For the joy of human love, Brother, sister, parent, child, Friends on earth, and friends above; For all gentle thoughts and mild, 29 WENTWORTH 8s. 45. 61. 4 4. 1. My God, I thank thee, who hast made The earth 9:4 4 FOLLIOTT S. PIERPOINT and of joy, Beau-ty and light, So ma-ny glorious things are here, Noble and right. A-MEN. Hath bless'd us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours to-day. 8 A - MEN. 2 O may this bounteous God, Through all our life be near us, And keep us in his grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. MARTIN RINKART. Tr. by CATHERINE WINKWORTH |