“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
Ephesians 1:3
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
We Gather Together
We gather together to
ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and
hastens his will to make known.
The wicked oppressing
now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to his
name; he forgets not his own.
Beside us to guide us,
our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining
his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning
the fight we were winning;
thou, Lord, wast at
our side, all glory be thine!
We all do extol thee,
thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou
still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation
escape tribulation;
thy name be ever
praised! O Lord, make us free!
Words: Nederlandtsch
Gedenckclanck, 1626; translated by Theodore Baker, 1894;
Music 16th
Century Dutch melody, Edward Kremser, 1877;
United Methodist
Hymnal, 1989
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