A Gladsome Hymn of Praise We Sing

A glad­some hymn of praise we sing

And thank­ful­ly we ga­ther

To bless the love of God ab­ove

Our ev­er­last­ing Fa­ther.

In Him re­joice with heart and voice

Whose glo­ry fad­eth nev­er

Whose pro­vi­dence is our de­fense

Who lives and loves for­ev­er.

From shades of night He calls the light

And from the sod the flow­er;

From ev­ery cloud His bless­ings break

In sun­shine or in show­er.

Full in His sight His child­ren stand

By His strong arm de­fend­ed

And He whose wis­dom guides the world

Our foot­steps hath at­tend­ed.

For no­thing falls un­known to Him

Or care or joy or sor­row

And He whose mer­cy ruled the past

Will be our stay to­mor­row.

Then praise the Lord with one ac­cord

To His great name give glo­ry

And of His nev­er chang­ing love

Repeat the won­drous sto­ry.