Hearts un - fold like flow'rs be-fore Thee, Prais-ing Thee their Sun

a - bove.

Melt the clouds of sin and sad - ness, Drive the dark of doubt a - way;

TO

im - mor-tal glad-ness, Fill us with the light of day. A-men.

2 All Thy works with joy surround Thee, Thou our Father, Christ our Brother, Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays,

All who live in love are Thine: Stars and angels sing around Thee,

Teach us how to love each other,
Centre of unbroken praise:

Lift us to the Joy Divine.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Blooming meadow, flashing sea,

4 Mortals join the mighty chorus, Chanting bird and flowing fountain,

Which the morning stars began:

Father-love is reigning o'er us, Call us to rejoice in Thee.

Brother-love binds man to man. 3 Thou art giving and forgiving,

Ever singing march we onward, Ever blessing, ever blest,

Victors in the midst of strife; Well-spring of the joy of living,

Joyful music lifts us sunward Ocean-depth of happy rest!

In the triumph song of life. Amen.

Henry VAN DYKE

551 DIX 75. 61.

Arr. fr. CONRAD KOCHER

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(d=96) Praise to God, im - mor - tal praise, For the love that crowns our days;

All to Thee, our God, we owe, Source whence all our bless-ings flow. A-men.

2 All the plenty summer pours,

Autumn's rich o'erflowing stores,
Flocks that whiten all the plain,
Yellow sheaves of ripened grain:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

3 Peace, prosperity, and health,
· Private bliss, and public wealth,
Knowledge with its gladdening streams,
Pure religion's holier beams:
Lord, for these our souls shall raise
Grateful vows and solemn praise.

4 As Thy prospering hand hath blest,
May we give Thee of our best;
And by deeds of kindly love
For Thy mercies grateful prove;
Singing thus through all our days,
Praise to God, immortal praise. Amen.

ANNA L. BARBAULD

Oh, wash me in Thy precious blood, And take my sins a - way.

4 For this, and more than words can say,

We praise and bless Thy holy Name.
Come life or death, enough to know
That Thou art evermore the same. Amen.

JOHN W. CHADWICK