Scripture Verse

God and our Father: To whom be glory for ever. Galatians 1:4–5

Introduction

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Nahum Tate (1652–1715)

Words: From Sup­ple­ment to a New Ver­sion of the Psalms of Da­vid, by Na­hum Tate & Ni­cho­las Bra­dy, third edi­tion, 1702.

Music: Han­forth Will­iam Sta­tham (1832–1898) (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Sta­tham (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

To God be glo­ry, peace on earth,
To all man­kind, good­will;
We bless, we praise, we wor­ship Thee,
And glo­ri­fy Thee still.

And thanks for Thy great glo­ry give,
That fills our souls with light;
Our Lord, our hea­ven­ly king, the God
And Fa­ther of all might:—

And Thou be­got­ten Son of God,
Before all time be­gun;
Thou Lord and God, Thou Lamb of God,
The Fa­ther’s on­ly Son.

Have mer­cy, Thou that tak’st the sins
Of man­kind all away:
Have mer­cy, Sav­ior of man­kind,
And hear us when we pray.

O Thou, who sitt’st at God’s right hand,
Upon the Fa­ther’s throne;
Have mer­cy on us, Thou, O Christ,
The ev­er­last­ing Son:—

Thou, Lord, who, with the Ho­ly Ghost,
Whom Hea­ven and earth adore,
In glo­ry of the Fa­ther, art
Most high for­ev­er more.