A SONG OF PRAISE by Alice M. Avery-Harper

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 26, 1901

A SONG OF PRAISE.

By Alice M. Avery-Harper

ALICE M. AVERY-HARPER.

O how blest it is to labor in the Master's service now; For to me His work is pleasant, as before Him oft I bow! I will praise and serve Him ever; sweetest peace it doth afford, As joyfully I journey on, while trusting in the Lord.

I will praise Him for redemption, for the gift of His dear Son, For the hope of Zion's glory, when the victory is won. I will bless Him for my being, praise Him as He reigns above, For His goodness and His greatness, and for His abounding love.

I will praise Him that He liveth, for His loving-kindness true. O, thrice blessed is the nation that shall His commandments do! I will praise Him for creation, for the moon and stars so bright, For the sun, and gentle zephyrs, for the darkness and the light.

I will praise Him for the winter, for the summer's timely heat, For the birds, the buds, and blossoms, with their balmy perfume sweet, For the thunder and the lightning, for the spring-time's gentle rain, For the “knowledge of the Holy” would I join in glad refrain.

Let us praise Him with the timbrel, and the harp of solemn sound, With the organ and the cymbal publish Christ to all around; In the mighty congregation, we will praise Him with our voice, With the psaltery and the trumpet. Let His people all rejoice.