CHRISTIAN LIFE >> Thankfulness
SDAH 564
For sunrise hope and sunset calm, and all that lies between,
For all the sweetness and the balm that is and that has been,
For comradeship for peace in strife, and light on darkened days;
For work to do and strength for life we sing our hymn of praise.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
Under the heading “Praise and Thanksgiving,” this hymn was published in Wings. A Book of Dohnavur Songs, With Music, 1960. An appropriate verse is: “In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16:11).
For the story of Amy Carmichael (1867-1951), Kenneth Proctor (1895- ), and Dohnavur, see No. 496, “Eternal Love, We Have No Good,” which was also written by them.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
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For sunrise hope and sunset calm, and all that lies between,
For all the sweetness and the balm that is and that has been,
For comradeship for peace in strife, and light on darkened days;
For work to do and strength for life we sing our hymn of praise.
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But O, we press far, far above these gifts of pure delight,
And find in Thee, and in Thy love contentment infinite.
O Lord, beloved, in whom are found all joys of time and place,
What will it be when joy is crowned by vision of Thy face?
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(b) Ps 16:11
Author
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
Copyright
from Wings by Amy Carmichael. Copyright 1960 by Dohnavur Fellowship.
Hymn Tune
HYMN OF PRAISE
Metrical Number
C.M.D.
Composer
Kenneth S. Proctor (1895-)
Theme
THANKFULNESS
