AN ACT OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING.
All glory be to God on high !
We praise Thee, bless Thee, glorify
Thy name, and thank Thee, dearest Lord,
For all Thy gifts on us outpoured.
Ungrateful may we never be,
Forgetful of our debt to Thee.
We thank Thee for Thy lowly birth,
We thank Thee for Thy life on earth ;
We thank Thee for Thy words and deeds,
So full of comfort for our needs.
We thank Thee for Thy passion too,
Wherewith our hard hearts Thou wouldst woo ;
Thy sweat of blood, the scourging sore
That for our sins Thy body tore ;
We thank Thee for Thy thorny crown,
And for the Cross that bore Thee down
Upon the road to Calvary,
And for Thy death upon that tree ;
Lord, Thou didst bear it all for me.
And lest Thy love we should forget,
Another boon Thou addest yet,
Of all the best, Thy Flesh and Blood,
To be our soul s enduring food.
O wondrous gift ! O love supreme,
Surpassing every thought or dream
Of man s dull heart ! But Thou hast said :
" Take ye, and eat, in form of bread,
And drink the blood for sinners shed."
All glory be to God on high !
We praise Thee, bless Thee, glorify
Thy name, and thank Thee, dearest Lord,
For all Thy gifts on us outpoured.