181 (Index of Tunes, LXXVIII.)
181.
Tune.--"Oh would, my God, that I could praise Thee."
Kommt, Christen, Gottes Huld zu feiern
Liebich, 1768
Come, Christians, praise your Maker's goodness, Rejoice in Him and in His gift; To-day before the Lord of harvest In happy songs your voices lift; For He who cared for us of yore Hath bless'd our fields and homes once more. | Accept, O Lord, our thankful praises For all our Father's blessing gives; May it increase our faith, and lead us To praise Thee by obedient lives, That every deed and word may prove We feel and trust our Father's love. | Thou feedest us in pure compassion; Teach us to care for others' need; Let each, as he is able, comfort The sick and poor, the hungry feed: O Father Thou of all below, On each, what most he needs, bestow. | Open Thy bounteous hands in blessing Thus to refresh us, year by year; Provide for us through all life's journey, And make us faithful stewards while here Of all that to our care is given, That greater gifts be ours in heaven. | Preserve to us what Thou hast sent us, And grant us calm and peaceful days And grateful hearts, that we may use it In quiet gladness to Thy praise: And while our bodies thus are fed, O grant our souls the Living Bread! | |