I was glad I didn't miss church today as I briefly considered. Though there wasn't anything special, it was just good and revitalizing. Music has always been a main draw for me, and while I love praise and worship music, I enjoy even more the hymns I learned as I was growing up. One of the songs we sang today was "Praise my soul, the King of Heaven" whose lyrics are written by Henry Lyte, English poet and pastor. Looking it up, I learned also that it was sung at the 1947 wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, about five years before she took the throne. Here are the lesser known middle verses.
Praise Him for His grace and favor
To our fathers in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.
Fatherlike He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.
Frail as summer’s flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
Our God lives unchanging on,
Praise Him, Praise Him, Hallelujah
Praise the High Eternal One!
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