CREATION AND PROVIDENCE

Praise the Lord! God’s Glories Show 33

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1 Praise the Lord! God’s glo - ries show,
2 Earth to heaven ex - alt the strain, Al - le - lu - ia!

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3 Strings and voic - es, hands and hearts,

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saints with - in God’s courts be - low,
Send it, heaven, to earth a - gain, Al - le - lu - ia!

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in the con - cert, bear your parts,

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an - gels round the throne a - bove,
Age to age, God’s mer - cies trace, Al - le - lu - ia!

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All that breathes, your Lord a - dore,

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all who see and share God’s love.
Praise God’s prov - i - dence and grace! Al - le - lu - ia!

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sing - ing praise for - ev - er - more,

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Originally cast as two eight-line stanzas, this 19th-century paraphrase of Psalm 150 was slightly shortened
when it was set to the present tune with recurring Alleluias. The Welsh tune is actually older than the text
and bears a name meaning “the church of St. Mary.”
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TEXT: Henry Francis Lyte, 1834; rev. 1836, alt. LLANFAIR
MUSIC: Robert Williams, 1817; harm. David Evans, 1927 7.7.7.7 with alleluias
Music Harm. © 1927 Oxford University Press
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15 All Creatures of Our God and King

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1 All crea - tures of our God and King, lift up your voice
2 O broth - er wind with clouds and rain, you nur - ture gifts
3 O broth - er fire, so warm and bright, chase off the shad -

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4 All who for love of God for - give, all who in pain

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and with us sing, Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia!
of fruit and grain. Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia!
ows of the night. Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia!

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or sor - row grieve, Al - le - lu - ia! Al - le - lu - ia!

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O broth - er sun with gold - en beam, O sis - ter moon
O sis - ter wa - ter, flow - ing clear, make mu - sic for
Dear moth - er earth, who day by day un - folds such bless -

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Christ bears your bur - dens and your fears; so, e - ven in

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Sometimes called “The Canticle of the Sun,” this cosmic roll call allows human beings to give voice to all
creation. One of the earliest religious poems in the Italian language, it is made even more expansive by this
broad, repetitive melody with interspersed “Alleluias.”
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TEXT: Francis of Assisi, 1225; trans. composite LASST UNS ERFREUEN
MUSIC: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1623, alt.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906 LM with alleluias
(this tune in a higher key, 327)
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with sil - ver gleam, sing prais - es! Al - le - lu - ia!
your Lord to hear. Sing prais - es! Al - le - lu - ia!
ings on our way, sing prais - es! Al - le - lu - ia!

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the midst of tears, sing prais - es! Al - le - lu - ia!

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5 And you, most gentle sister death, 6 O sisters, brothers, take your part,
waiting to hush our final breath: and worship God with humble heart.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Since Christ our light has pierced your gloom, All creatures, bless the Father, Son,
fair is the night that leads us home. and Holy Spirit, Three in One!
Sing praises! Alleluia! Sing praises! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
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In the Bulb There Is a Flower 250

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1 In the bulb there is a flow - er; in the seed, an ap - ple tree;
2 There’s a song in ev - ery si - lence, seek -ing word and mel - o - dy;
3 In our end is our be - gin - ning; in our time, in - fin - i - ty;

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in co - coons, a hid- den prom - ise: but - ter - flies will soon be free!
there’s a dawn in ev - ery dark - ness, bring - ing hope to you and me.
in our doubt there is be - liev - ing; in our life, e - ter - ni - ty.

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In the cold and snow of win - ter there’s a spring that waits to be,
From the past will come the fu - ture; what it holds, a mys - ter - y,
In our death, a res - ur - rec - tion; at the last, a vic - to - ry,

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un - re - vealed un - til its sea - son, some -thing God a - lone can see.

The writing of this hymn was spurred by a line from the poet T. S. Eliot: “In my end is my beginning.”
Shortly after this piece was completed, the author/composer’s husband was diagnosed with what proved to
be a terminal malignancy, and the original anthem version of this hymn was sung at his funeral.
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TEXT and MUSIC: Natalie Sleeth, 1986 PROMISE
Text and Music © 1986 Hope Publishing Company 8.7.8.7.D