SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 695
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
For the words, see SDAH 53 where it is the final stanza.
For comments on the tune OLD HUNDRETH, see SDAH 16. In this version it is exactly as used in SDAH 16, “All People That on Earth Do Dwell,” where the first chord and last three chords of each phrase are half notes, as in the Genevan Psalter, 1551.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Ps 148:1, 2
Author
Thomas Ken (1637-1710)
Year Published
1695
Hymn Tune
OLD HUNDREDTH
Metrical Number
L.M.
Composer
Louis Bourgeois (c.1510-1561)
Year Composed
1551
