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To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
Author: W. C. Dix Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #528 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
In hymns of adoration,
To Thee bring sacrifice of praise
With shouts of exultation:
Bright robes of gold the fields adorn,
The hills with joy are ringing,
The valleys stand so thick with corn
That even they are singing.
2 And now, on this our festal day,
Thy bounteous hand confessing,
Upon Thine altar, Lord, we lay
The first-fruits of Thy blessing:
By Thee the souls of men are fed
With gifts of grace supernal;
Thou who dost give us earthly bread,
Give us the bread eternal.
3 We bear the burden of the day,
And often toil seems dreary;
But labor ends with sunset ray,
And rest is for the weary;
May we, the angel-reaping o'er,
Stand at the last accepted,
Christ's golden sheaves for evermore,
To garners bright elected.
4 O blessed is that land of God,
Where saints abide for ever;
Where golden fields spread far and broad,
Where flows the crystal river:
The strains of all its holy throng
With ours to-day are blending;
Thrice blessed is that harvest-song
Which never hath an ending. Tune Title: [To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise]
To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
For the beauty of the earth
Author: F. S. Pierpoint Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #529 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our grateful psalm of praise.
2 For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night:
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our grateful psalm of praise.
3 For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child;
Friends on earth, and friends above,
Pleasures pure and undefiled;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our grateful psalm of praise.
4 For Thy Church that evermore
Lifts her holy hands above,
Offering up on every shore
Her pure sacrifice of love:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our grateful psalm of praise.
Tune Title: [For the beauty of the earth]
For the beauty of the earth
Sing to the Lord of harvest
Author: J. S. B. Monsell Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #530 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Sing to the Lord of harvest,
Sing songs of love and praise;
With joyful hearts and voices
Your Hallelujahs raise:
By Him the rolling seasons
In fruitful order move.
Sing to the Lord of harvest
A song of happy love.
2 By Him the clouds drop fatness,
The deserts bloom and spring;
The hills leap up in gladness,
The valleys laugh and sing.
He filleth with His fullness
All things with large increase,
He crowns the year with goodness,
With plenty and with peace.
3 Bring to His sacred altar
The gifts His goodness gave,
The golden sheaves of harvest,
The souls He died to save:
Your hearts lay down before Him,
When at His feet we fall,
And with your lives adore Him,
Who gave His life for all.
4 To God, the gracious Father
Who made us "very good:"
To Christ, who, when we wandered,
Restored us with His blood:
And to the Holy Spirit,
Who doth upon us pour
His blessèd dews and sunshine,
Be praise forevermore. Tune Title: [Sing to the Lord of harvest]
Sing to the Lord of harvest
What our Father does is well
Author: B. Schmolk Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #531 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 What our Father does is well:
Blessed truth! His children tell!
Though He send, for plenty, want,
Though the harvest store be scant,
Yet we rest upon His love,
Seeking better things above.
2 What our Father does is well:
Shall the willful heart rebel,
If a blessing He withhold
In the field, or in the fold?
Is He not Himself to be
All our store eternally?
3 What our Father does is well:
Though He sadden hill and dell,
Upward yet our praises rise
For the strength His word supplies,
He has called us sons of God;
Can we murmur at His rod?
4 What our Father does is well:
May the thought within us dwell;
Though nor milk nor honey flow
In our barren Canaan now,
God can save us in our need,
God can bless us, God can feed.
5 Therefore unto Him we raise
Hymns of glory, songs of praise;
To the Father and the Son,
And the Spirit, Three in One,
Honor, might, and glory be,
Now and through eternity. Tune Title: [What our Father does is well]
What our Father does is well
Come, ye thankful people, come
Author: H. Alford Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #532 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Thanksgiving Day Lyrics: 1 Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home:
All be safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God's own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.
2 All the world is God's own field,
Fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown,
Unto joy or sorrow grown:
First the blade, and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear:
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.
3 For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take His harvest home;
From His field shall in that day
All offenses purge away;
Give His angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store
In His garner evermore.
4 Even so, Lord, quickly come,
To Thy final harvest home!
Gather Thou Thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin;
There for ever purified,
In Thy presence to abide:
Come, with all Thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home! Tune Title: [Come, ye thankful people, come]
Come, ye thankful people, come
O love divine and golden
Author: J. S. B. Monsell Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #533 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Lyrics: 1 O love divine and golden,
Mysterious depth and height,
To Thee the world beholden,
Looks up for life and light;
O love divine and gentle,
The blesser and the blest,
Beneath thy care parental
The world lies down in rest.
2 O love divine and tender,
That through our homes dost move,
Veiled in the softened splendor
O holy household love.
A throne without thy blessing
Were labor without rest,
And cottages possessing
Thy blessedness, are blest.
3 God bless these hands, united;
God bless these hearts made one!
Unsevered and unblighted
May they through life go on,--
Here in earth’s home preparing
For the bright home above,
And there forever sharing
Its joy where God is love. Tune Title: [O love divine and golden]
O love divine and golden
O Father all creating
Author: J. Ellerton Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #534 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Lyrics: 1 O Father all creating,
Whose wisdom, love, and power
First bound two lives together
In Eden's primal hour,
Today to these Thy children
Thine earliest gifts renew,--
A home by Thee made happy,
A love by Thee kept true.
2 O Savior, guest most bounteous
Of old in Galilee,
Vouchsafe today Thy presence
With these who call on Thee;
Their store of earthly gladness
Transform to heavenly wine,
And teach them, in the tasting,
To know the gift is Thine.
3 O Spirit of the Father,
Breathe on them from above,
So mighty in Thy pureness,
So tender in Thy love;
That guarded by Thy presence,
From sin and strife kept free,
Their lives may own Thy guidance,
Their hearts be ruled by Thee.
4 Except Thou build it, Father,
The house is built in vain;
Except Thou, Savior, bless it,
The joy will turn to pain;
But naught can break the marriage
Of hearts in Thee made one,
And love Thy Spirit hallows
Is endless love begun. Tune Title: [O Father all creating]
O Father all creating
Crown with Thy benediction
Author: J. B. Greenwood, b. Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #535 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Lyrics: 1 Crown with Thy benediction
This covenant of love;
And make this hallowed union
Foretaste of heaven above:
Let pure and perfect gladness,
Let pure and perfect rest,
And peace that know no sadness,
Thy presence, Lord, attest.
2 As once in Eden's springtime,
As once at Cana's feast,
So consecrate this bridal--
Be thou its guest and priest!
With sunshine wreathe the altar,
Chase every cloud away,
Nor let their voices falter
Who plight their troth today.
3 God bless the bride and bridegroom,
And fill with joy their life;
Keep them, through all its changes,
True husband, faithful wife!
If Thou wilt smile upon them,
They shall not need the sun;
This thought their hearts rejoicing--
Henceforth, not twain but one.
4 With Thy great love befriend them,
The love that casts out fear;
And make a rainbow round them
For every falling tear:
Till, all their sheaves well-garnered,
Heaven's harvest home they raise,
Where love, that knows no ending,
Inspires more perfect praise. Tune Title: [Crown with Thy benediction]
Crown with Thy benediction
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
Author: Adelaide Thrupp Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #536 (1913) Topics: Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Lyrics: 1 Lord, who at Cana’s wedding feast
Didst as a guest appear,
Thou dearer far than earthly guest,
Vouchsafe Thy presence here;
For holy Thou indeed dost prove
The marriage vow to be,
Proclaiming it a type of love
Between the Church and Thee.
2 The holiest vow that man can make,
The golden thread in life,
The bond that none may dare to break,
That bindeth man and wife;
Which, blessed by Thee, whate’er betides,
No evil shall destroy,
Through care-worn days each care divides,
And doubles every joy.
3 On those, who now before Thee kneel,
O Lord, Thy blessing pour,
That each may wake the other’s zeal
To love Thee more and more:
O grant them here in peace to live,
In purity and love,
And, this world leaving, to receive
A crown of life above. Tune Title: [Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast]
Lord, who at Cana's wedding feast
O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest
Author: C. J. P. Spitta Hymnal: The Lutheran Hymnary #537 (1913) Meter: 11.10.11.10 Topics: Various Occassions Marriage and the Home Lyrics: 1 O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest,
Thou loving Friend and Savior of our race,
And where among the guests there never cometh
One who can hold such high and honored place!
2 O happy home, where two in heart united
In holy faith, and blessed hope, are one,
Whom death a little while alone divideth
And cannot end the union here begun!
3 O happy home, whose little ones are given
Early to Thee, in humble faith and prayer,
To Thee, their friend, who from the heights of heaven
Guides them, and guards with more than mother's care!
4 O happy home, where each one serves Thee, lowly,
Whatever his appointed work may be,
Till every common task seems great and holy,
When it is done, O Lord, as unto Thee!
5 O happy home, where Thou art not forgotten,
When joy is overflowing, full and free;
O happy home, where every wounded spirit
Is brought, Physician, Comforter, to Thee,—-
6 Until at last, when earth's day's work is ended,
All meet thee in the blessed home above,
From whence Thou camest, where Thou hast ascended,
Thine everlasting home of peace and love! Tune Title: [O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest]
O happy home, where Thou art loved the dearest
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