The God of Abraham Praise
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- čas přidán 6. 12. 2017
- Congregational singing
Metropolitan Tabernacle, London
Tune: LEONI
The God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above,
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love.
Jehovah, great I AM!
By earth and Heaven confessed;
We bow and bless the sacred name,
For ever blessed.
The God of Abraham praise,
At Whose supreme command
From earth we rise, and seek the joys
At His right hand;
We all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him our only portion make,
Our shield and tower.
The God of Abraham praise,
Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide us all our happy days,
In all our ways:
He is our faithful Friend;
He is our gracious God;
And He will save us to the end,
Through Jesus’ blood.
Though nature’s strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan’s bounds we urge our way
At His command.
That heavenly land we see,
With peace and plenty blessed;
A land of sacred liberty,
Our endless rest.
There dwells the Lord our King,
The Lord our Righteousness!
Triumphant o’er the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace.
On Zion’s sacred height,
His kingdom He maintains;
And glorious with His saints in light,
For ever reigns!
The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high:
‘Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!’
They ever cry.
Hail, Abraham’s God and ours!
We join the heavenly lays;
And celebrate with all our powers
His endless praise. - Hudba
I like this Hymn so much!
Especially, the symohony. I am an Indian citizen. I used to play this on my organ and enjoy.😊
...and blessed be Almighty GOD, the GOD and Father of my coming King, and of my Lord, Master, and Savior, JESUS the Christ of Nazareth, Amen.
I love your congregational singing! Such an encouragement to my heart of praise over here in North Carolina!
God bless this Channel....
Oh the majestic Leoni minor tune...love it, thanks!
AMEN ❤️🙏
I note that Met Tab have changed the words as they seem to with many great hymns. This glorious hymn of Christian joy and assurance has been de-personalised - every reference above to 'we' or 'our' should read 'I' or 'my'. Why have they done this? Here are the original words:-
The God of Abraham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of Love;
Jehovah, great I AM!
By earth and Heav’n confessed;
I bow and bless the sacred name
Forever blessed.
The God of Abraham praise,
At whose supreme command
From earth I rise-and seek the joys
At His right hand;
I all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power;
And Him my only portion make,
My shield and tower.
The God of Abraham praise,
Whose all sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my happy days,
In all my ways.
He calls a worm His friend,
He calls Himself my God!
And He shall save me to the end,
Thro’ Jesus’ blood.
Tho’ nature’s strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan’s bounds I urge my way,
At His command.
The watery deep I pass,
With Jesus in my view;
And thro’ the howling wilderness
My way pursue.
There dwells the Lord our king,
The Lord our righteousness,
Triumphant o’er the world and sin
The Prince of peace;
On Sion’s sacred height
His kingdom still maintains,
And glorious with His saints in light
Forever reigns.
The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on high;
Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
They ever cry.
Hail, Abraham’s God, and mine!
(I join the heav’nly lays)
All might and majesty are Thine,
And endless praise.
In Thomas Olivers paraphrase of the original Jewish poem there were 12 stanzas though only a few are sung in most Western churches. One of the most frequently used and possibly the most glorious verse has been missed out by Met Tab:-
He by Himself has sworn;
I on His oath depend,
I shall, on eagle wings upborne,
To Heav’n ascend.
I shall behold His face;
I shall His power adore,
And sing the wonders of His grace
Forevermore.
replacing it with the 'Though nature’s strength decay . . .' and even that has been changed.
Thank you for this and I heartily agree!!
When was this sung at the Tabernacle?1
It is sung pretty regularly to be honest!
I have been at the Tabernacle two years and cannot recall it being sung. :)
Just ask Chris Laws, he'll tell you when it was last sung. If you attend 4 times a week, that makes 14 hymns a week.
Also, this sounds like the new (re-voiced) organ to me, so its within the last few years
I don't normally miss the two Sunday services. I was in Germany to celebrate the reformation in July, so perhaps it was sung on the Sunday that I was away.