Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving
To
God the Creator triumphantly raise,
Who
fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,
Who
guideth us on to the end of our days.
His
banners are o'er us,
His
light goes before us,
A
pillar of fire shining forth in the night,
'Til
shadows have vanished and darkness is banished,
As
forward we travel from light into light.
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His
law He enforces: the stars in their courses,
The
sun in His orbit, obediently shine;
The
hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,
The
deeps of the ocean proclaim Him divine,
We
too should be voicing our love and rejoicing,
With
glad adoration a song let us raise,
'Til
all things now living unite in thanksgiving
To
God in the highest, hosanna and praise.