Praise we the Lord this day (Henry J. Gauntlett)
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- (Posted 2022-03-13) CPDL #68391:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-13). Score information: A4, 1 page, 46 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-03-13) CPDL #68390:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-13). Score information: A4, 1 page, 89 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Praise we the Lord this day
Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett
Tune: St George
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Words from Hymns for the Festivals and Saints’ Days of the Church of England, 1846
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Original text and translations
English text
Praise we the Lord this day,
this day so long foretold,
whose promise shone with cheering ray
on waiting saints of old.
The prophet gave the sign
for faithful folk to read:
a virgin born of David’s line
shall bear the promised seed.
Ask not how this should be,
but worship and adore,
like her whom heaven’s Majesty
came down to shadow o’er.
She meekly bowed her head
to hear the gracious word,
Mary, the pure and lowly maid,
the favored of the Lord.
Most blest shall be her name
in all the Church on earth,
through whom that wondrous mercy came,
th’ incarnate Savior’s birth.