Holy God We Praise Thy Name

 

"Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord from the heavens,
praise Him in the heights!"
(Psalm 148:1)

Church In The Valley Between

The Mountains Of The Alps

(2013)

Photograph courtesy/ Klaus-Goran

Holy God, we praise Thy name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morning to set of sun
Through the Church the song goes on.

Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three, we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.

Thou art King of glory, Christ:
Son of God, yet born of Mary;
For us sinners sacrificed,
And to death a tributary:
First to break the bars of death
Thou has opened Heaven to faith.

From Thy high celestial home,
Judge of all, again returning.
We believe that Thou shalt come
In the dreaded doomsday morning;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth,
And the startled dead come forth.

Therefore do we pray, Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy precious blood out-poured,
Thou hast saved from Satan's scheming.
Give to them eternal rest
In the glory of the blest.

Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
Never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee;
Never, Lord, abandon me.

"...and a little child shall lead them."
(Isaiah 11:6)

Grandfather And Heidi Go To Church

Heidi

(1937)

"Holy God We Praise Thy Name"
"Grosser Gott, wir loben Dich"
(1774)
Attributed to Ignaz Franz
(1719-1790)
Silesian Catholic priest and hymnologist
Translated from German in 1858 by
Clarence Augustus Wallworth
(1820-1900)
American Catholic priest