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Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling

CONVERSE · 8.7.8.7.D · words Clement C. Moore · music Charles C. Converse

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Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling Thine ful ry faith own proph un con glo Lord, cy, Thy in cree; tongue; fined, de et's read care, life, we Thy of Thy for all 3. Still 2. Thus 1. Lord clar vid cel Mer Warmed Thou, ing ing, ling, de pro ex Word praise all res sen of emb Is hum cho poor heart the Thy the Thee. sung. mind. ling rael ble lot make ev cy the to Warms 'ry of Thy Mer Who, Deignst shar cid dwell To With ing, ing, ing ble hum all sor row de ow den dif wid gol sheaf owns fu Thy the the like care; bind; light; Thy shalt sive or har love, the Thy Thy phan vest through Still When As stran a Still Thou Beams plea ger, sure, tion, and yields all the cre Thee in tered qual in ev ears Thee scat e by the are prayer. hind. sight. 'ry be Thy Thee poor high by the the and in be Screened To So dan trea Heard Of Both sta ger, sure tion ev longs hum the ble 'ry Clement C. Moore, 1906 CONVERSE 8.7.8.7.D Charles C. Converse, 1874
Lord of Life, All Praise Excelling Thine ful ry faith own proph un con glo Lord, cy, Thy in cree; tongue; fined, de et's read care, life, we Thy of Thy for all 3. Still 2. Thus 1. Lord clar vid cel Mer Warmed Thou, ing ing, ling, de pro ex Word praise all res sen of emb Is hum cho poor heart the Thy the Thee. sung. mind. ling rael ble lot make ev cy the to Warms 'ry of Thy Mer Who, Deignst shar cid dwell To With ing, ing, ing ble hum all sor row de ow den dif wid gol sheaf owns fu Thy the the like care; bind; light; Thy shalt sive or har love, the Thy Thy phan vest through Still When As stran a Still Thou Beams plea ger, sure, tion, and yields all the cre Thee in tered qual in ev ears Thee scat e by the are prayer. hind. sight. 'ry be Thy Thee poor high by the the and in be Screened To So dan trea Heard Of Both sta ger, sure tion ev longs hum the ble 'ry Clement C. Moore, 1906 CONVERSE 8.7.8.7.D Charles C. Converse, 1874

1.Lord of life, all praise excelling,
Thou, in glory unconfined,
Deignst to make Thy humble dwelling
With the poor of humble mind.
As Thy love, through all creation,
Beams like Thy diffusive light;
So the high and humble station
Both are equal in Thy sight.

2.Thus Thy care, for all providing,
Warmed Thy faithful prophet's tongue;
Who, the lot of all deciding,
To Thy chosen Israel sung.
When Thy harvest yields Thee pleasure,
Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind;
To the poor belongs the treasure
Of the scattered ears behind.

3.Still we read Thy Word declaring
Mercy, Lord, Thine own decree;
Mercy ev'ry sorrow sharing,
Warms the heart resembling Thee.
Still the orphan and the stranger,
Still the widow owns Thy care;
Screened by Thee in ev'ry danger,
Heard by Thee in ev'ry prayer.

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