Praise To God (Oliver Holden)

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  • (Posted 2015-09-12)  CPDL #36774:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Oval note edition. All three stanzas of Taylor's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2015-09-12)  CPDL #36773:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 68 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Four-part version. Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2015. Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas of Taylor's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2015-09-12)  CPDL #36772:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 70 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Three part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1800. All three stanzas of Taylor's hymn included.
  • (Posted 2015-09-12)  CPDL #36771:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-09-12).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). All three stanzas of Taylor's hymn included.

General Information

Title: Praise To God
First Line: Praise to God, the great Creator
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: John Taylor

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 87. 87. D

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1800 in Plain Psalmody, p. 17, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by John Taylor, 1795, with three stanzas.

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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. Praise to God, the great Creator,
Bounteous source of all our joy,
He whose hand upholds all nature,
He whose nod can all destroy;
Saints, with pious zeal attending,
Now the grateful tribute raise;
Solemn songs to heaven ascending,
Join the universal praise.

 

2. Round his awful footstool kneeling,
Lowly bend with contrite souls;
Here, His milder grace revealing,
Here, His wrath no thunder rolls;
Lo, the eternal page before us
Bears the covenant of His love;
Full of mercy to restore us,
Mercy beaming from above.

 

3. Every secret fault confessing,
Deed unrighteous, thought of sin,
Seize, O seize the proffered blessing,
Grace from God and peace within:
Heart and voice with rapture swelling,
Still the song of glory raise;
On the theme immortal dwelling,
Join the universal praise.