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O go your ways into His gates with thanksgiving And into His courts with praise Be thankful unto Him, and speak good of His name. Trio, soprano, tenor and bass: For the Lord is gracious, His mercy is everlasting And His truth endures from generation to generation. Chorus, in block chords: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy ...
Come before his countenance with joy. Realize that the Lord is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves, as his people and the sheep of his pasture. Go enter his gates with thanksgiving, To his courts with praise. Thank him, praise his name. For the Lord is friendly; And his mercy lasts forever, And his truth for ever and ever.
The hymn later gained popularity in the United States where it is used as part of Thanksgiving celebrations. [3] The first verse is written as a celebration of the harvest, calling for people to give thanks to God for it. [5] The last two verses are based on the Parable of the Tares, and discuss the last harvest at the Second Coming of Jesus. [1]
"In Our Day of Thanksgiving" has a metre of 13.12.13.11. When first published by Draper, it was originally set to a hymn tune entitled Victory, by Sir Joseph Barnby. [12] In the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern it was set to the hymn tune Montgomery, variously attributed to John Stanley or S. Jarvis. [7]
This old-timey Bing Crosby song is exactly what your Thanksgiving dinner needs. A little snazzy and jazzy, it's a jaunty tune that pays homage to the best things life.
Unlike in his operas, he set the work mostly for choir, divided in a double choir for Day by day we magnify thee and divided in eight parts for the homophon Glory be to the Father. In the Te Deum , Handel inserted short solos to achieve a variety of textures as in a concerto grosso , to express the words.
These Thanksgiving songs, including tunes spanning virtually all genres (including kids' songs!), will get you into the grateful spirit. Rock this playlist while cooking and gobbling down your ...
The hymn is predominantly used as a hymn to give thanks to God for the harvest and it has also been used in the United States as a hymn for Thanksgiving. [7] The hymn has also been referenced in popular culture. In 1969, future Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, John Betjeman parodied the hymn as "We spray the fields and scatter/the poison on ...