Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

This was the doxology in the Presbyterian church I grew up in, and so I sang it every Sunday for many years.  The tune is the Old Hundredth and I discover now that we were singing it wrong!  We didn’t have long notes on the bless – ings – flow bit.  The tune pops up everywhere (eg Be present at our table Lord…)

I wonder about old tunes like this.  They are completely foreign to modern ears and the language is as foreign as the music.  If you were brought up to associate this tune with reverence as I was you might get that feel from it.  I have no idea what people who have no connection with this sort of music and language think of it.  I suspect they are bored, think it silly or perhaps something from a museum.

Listen to it on church organ here.

Verse 1

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heav’nly host;

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Verse 2

From all that dwell below the skies,

Let the Creator’s praise arise!

Let the Redeemer’s name be sung.

Through ev’ry land by ev’ryone.

Verse 3

Eternal are thy mercies, Lord.

And truth eternal is thy word;

thy praise shall sound from shore to shore.

Till suns shall rise and set no more.

Rpt Verse 1