![]() ![]() Therefore, we should raise songs of grateful praise to Him: Ps. Emphasizing the majesty of this God, the words imply that God can lead His people just as He leads the shining worlds: Gen. The Lord is referred to as "God of our fathers," a phrase taken from the scriptures: Ezra 7.27ī. Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise."Ī. "God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Stanza 1 expresses praise to God as the one whose hand leads forth the starry band Robert’s claim to literary fame is a paean of praise to God who has always blessed His people. Wiegand in addition to Hymns for Worship. McCann and the 1992 Praise for the Lord edited by John P. Howard the 1986 Great Songs Revised edited by Forrest M. Howard the 1978/1983 (Church) Gospel Songs and Hymns edited by V. Ed., and the 1994 Songs of Faith and Praise all edited by Alton H. Crum the 1971 Songs of the Church, the 1990 Songs of the Church 21st C. Today it can be found in the 1977 Special Sacred Selections edited by Ellis J. Nelson Slater and the 1966 Christian Hymns No. Jorgenson the 1963 Christian Hymnal edited by J. 31, 1907.Īmong hymnbooks published by members of the Lord’s church during the twentieth century for use in churches of Christ, the song appeared in the 1937 Great Songs of the Church No. In addition, he was also president of the New Hampshire State Historical Society and Chaplain of the National Guard of New Hampshire. Paul’s Church in Concord, NH, where he served almost thirty years. Upon leaving Brandon, Roberts became minister of the St. Rousseau’s 1894 Hymnal Revised and Enlarged for the Episcopal Church. It was to be used at the centennial celebration of the United States Constitution in 1892, and was later included in J. However, a new tune (National Hymn) was composed for Robert’s text by a New York City musician, George W. ![]() Roberts submitted the hymn anonymously to a committee appointed to revise the Episcopal Hymnal, and it was included in the 1892 edition with the Russian Hymn tune. It was originally set to the tune of the Russian National Anthem composed in 1833 by Alexis Feodorovich Lvov, and was later published in several papers. Thomas Episcopal Church in the small, rural village of Brandon, VT, for a local celebration of the nation’s centennial Independence Day. This hymn was produced in 1876 when Roberts was 35 and minister of the St. In 1866 he became a minister with the Protestant Episcopal Church and began his work by first serving churches in Montpelier, VT, and Lowell, MA. Educated at Gambier College in Kenyon, OH, he served in the Civil War as a private with the 84th Ohio Volunteers and later received a D.D. The text was written by Daniel Crane Roberts, who was born at Bridgehampton on Long Island, NY, Nov. INTRO.: A majestic hymn which praises God as the Lord of hosts and asks Him to be our refuge is "God Of Our Fathers" (#39 in Hymns for Worship Revised). "The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge" (Ps. ![]()
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