O That Men Would Praise Their God!

Text: Psalm 107:8-24Music: Dwight Armstrong

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O that men would praise their Godfor all His good-ness and all His

works!

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For He fills the hun-gry soul, and they who are thirst-y He sat-is-fies.

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Some are bound in dark-ness and chains, For their re-bel-lion a-gainst the Most High.

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O that men would praise their God for all His good-ness and all His love!

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He has o-pened the pris-ons wide, and saved men from death where they lay en-slaved;

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In their trou-ble they cried to Him, And with His word He de-liv-ered their lives.

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O that men would praise their God for all He does for the sons of men!

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O that they would give thanks to Himwith shouts of joy and with songs of praise!

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Some crossed ov-er the stormy seas; They see the won-ders of God in the deep.

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Now Thank We All Our God

TEXT Martin Rinkart, 1636; translated by Catherine Winkworth, 1858MUSIC: Johann Cruger, 1647; from Felix Mendelssohn’s “Hymn of Praise,” 1840

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Now thank we all our God with hearts and hands and voic-es,

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Who won-drous things hath done, in whom His Church re-joic-es,

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Who from our moth-ers’ arms hath blessed us on our way

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With count-less gifts of love, and still is ours to-day.

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O may this boun-teous God through all our lives be near us,

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With ev-er joy-ful hearts and bless-ed peace to cheer us,

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And keep us in His grace, and guide us when per-plexed,

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And free us from all ills in this world and the next.

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All praise and thanks to God, the Fa-ther, now be giv-en,

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The Son, the One who reigns with Him in high-est heav-en,

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The one E-ter-nal God, whom earth and heav’n a-dore;

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For thus it was, is now, and shall be ev-er-more.

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How Good and How Pleasant

Music: Psalm 133; John 17; Ephesians 4; I John 3:23 Words: Ross Jutsum

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How good and how pleas-ant for breth-ren to dwell

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To-geth-er in u-nit-y, so Da-vid did tell;

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Like beau-ti-ful mu-sic, a breath-tak-ing view,

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Like most pre-cious oint-ment, like fresh morn-ing dew

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That de-scend-ed on the moun-tains of Zi-on long be-fore;

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God com-mand-ed a bless-ing of life for-ev-er-more.

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How good and how pleas-ant for breth-ren to be

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Dwell-ing safe-ly to-geth-er in sweet har-mo-ny.

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Now Je-sus was pray-ing with fer-vent de-sire

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That all who be-lieve in His great name might be one.

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With voic-es u-nit-ed, to-geth-er we stand,

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At peace with the Heav-en-ly Fa-ther and Son.

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When we come in-to the knowl-edge and u-ni-ty of God,

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And we grow and we fol-low the steps that Je-sus trod,

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How good and how pleas-ant for breth-ren to be

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Dwell-ing safe-ly to-geth-er in sweet har-mo-ny.

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One bod-y, one spir-it, one Lord and one faith,

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One ho-ly Cre-a-tor God, the Fa-ther of all;

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One bap-tis-m pic-tur-ing life ev-er-more,

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One hope and sal-va-tion, just as we are called.

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Like the dew that had de-scend-ed from Zi-on long be-fore,

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God com-mand-ed a bless-ingof life for-ev-er-more.

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How good and how pleas-ant for breth-ren to be

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Dwell-ing safe-ly to-geth-er in sweet har-mo-ny.

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For Even From My Youth, O God

Text: Psalm 71:17-22; The Scottish Psalter, 1650, alt.

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For e-ven from my youth, O God,by Thee have I been taught;

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And hith-er-to, I have de-clared the won-ders Thou hast wrought.

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And now O God, for-sake me not,when I am old and gray;

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Till I pro-claim Thy won-drous deeds to this and ev-'ry age.

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Thy per-fect righ-teous-ness, O Godthe heav-en's height ex-ceeds;

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O God, who is like Thee, who has per-formed such might-y deeds?

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Thou, who hast shown me tri-als soreand great ad-ver-si-ties,

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Will quick-en me a-gain and bring me from the depths of earth.

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My great-ness and my pow'r Thou willin-crease and far ex-tend;

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A-gainst all grief on ev-'ry side, to me will com-fort send.

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And I will al-so praise Thy truth,O God, with psal-ter-y;

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Thou Ho-ly One of Is-ra-el, with harp I'll sing to Thee.

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Zion, Founded on the Mountains

Text: Psalm 87; The Psalter, 1912 Music: BRYNTIRION; H, Roth

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Zi-on, found-ed on the moun-tains,God, thy Ma-ker, loves thee well

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He has cho-sen thee, most pre-cious,He de-lights in thee to dwell;

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God’s own cit-y, God’s own cit-y Who can all thy glo-ry tell?

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Man-y lands and man-y peo-plesSoon shall come the Lord to know;

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Na-tions born a-gain in Zi-onShall the Lord’s sal-va-tion show;

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God Al-might-y, God Al-might-yShall on Zi-on strength be-stow.

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When the Lord shall count the na-tions,Sons and daugh-ters He shall see,

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Born to end-less life in Zi-on,And their joy-ful song shall be,

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“Bless-ed Zi-on, bless-ed Zi-on,All our foun-tains are in thee.”

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By This Shall All Men Know

TEXT: John 13:34-35 MUSIC: Ross Jutsum

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A new com-mand-ment I will give, to mag-ni-fy the way to live;

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Love each oth-er as you do, with the love I’ve giv-en you.

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And by this shall all men know, all a-round the world you’ll show,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples, you’re My sis-ter and My broth-er;

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And by this shall all men know, ev-’ry friend and ev-’ry foe,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples if you love one an-oth-er.

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Not called to be luke-warm or cold, but zeal-ous like the men of old;

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Do the will of God a-bove; grow in His e-ter-nal love.

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And by this shall all men know, all a-round the world you’ll show,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples, you’re My sis-ter and My broth-er;

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And by this shall all men know, ev-’ry friend and ev-’ry foe,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples if you love one an-oth-er.

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I give my life for all man-kind, and call you at this spe-cial time;

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Do the work and feed the flock; build your house up-on the Rock.

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And by this shall all men know, all a-round the world you’ll show,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples, you’re My sis-ter and My broth-er;

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And by this shall all men know, ev-’ry friend and ev-’ry foe,

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That you are My dis-ci-ples if you love one an-oth-er.

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