Monday Meditation: Sing To The Lord A Joyful Song

 

"Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!"
(Psalm 150:6)

 Fall Sunrise over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains* in New Mexico

(November 2019)

Photograph courtesy/ Pippa Freyer/Los Alamos Daily Post 

Sing to the Lord a joyful song

Lift up your hearts, your voices raise;

To us His gracious gifts belong,

To Him our songs of love and praise.

For He is the Lord of heaven and earth,

Whom angels serve, and saints adore,

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

To whom be praise forevermore.

For life and love,  for rest and food,

For daily help and nightly care,

Sing to the Lord,  for He is good,

And praise His name for it is fair.

For He is the Lord of heaven and earth,

Whom angels serve, and saints adore,

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

To whom be praise forevermore.

For strength to those who on Him wait,

His truth to prove,  His will to do,

Praise ye our God,  for He is great;

Trust in His name,  for it is true.

For He is the Lord of heaven and earth,

Whom angels serve, and saints adore,

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

To whom be praise forevermore.

For life below, with all its bliss,

And for that life, more pure and high,

That inner life which over this,

Shall ever shine and never die.

For He is the Lord of heaven and earth,

Whom angels serve, and saints adore,

The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

To whom be praise forevermore.

"Sing To The Lord A Joyful Song"
(1862)
John Samuel Bewley Monsell
(1811-1875)
Irish Anglican clergyman and writer
who wrote and published eleven books of poetry.

A prolific hymn writer, Reverend Monsell 
 composed over 300 hymns during his lifetime.

*Translated from Spanish,  "Sangre de Cristo" means "Blood of Christ" .