Holy God, We Praise Thy Name by 7 Moms

What a blessing this morning as we began to pray. One of the moms (thank you Jill) suggested that we sing Holy God, We Praise Thy Name. So the 7 of us joined voices and we sounded pretty good! Here are the verses in case you don't have a hymnal handy.

1. Holy God, we praise Thy Name;
Lord of all, we bow before Thee!
All on earth Thy scepter claim,
All in Heaven above adore Thee;
Infinite Thy vast domain,
Everlasting is Thy reign.

2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn
Angel choirs above are raising,
Cherubim and seraphim,
In unceasing chorus praising;
Fill the heavens with sweet accord:
Holy, holy, holy, Lord.

3. Lo! the apostolic train
Join the sacred Name to hallow;
Prophets swell the loud refrain,
And the white robed martyrs follow;
And from morn to set of sun,
Through the Church the song goes on.

4. Holy Father, Holy Son,
Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee;
While in essence only One,
Undivided God we claim Thee;
And adoring bend the knee,
While we own the mystery.

5. Thou art King of glory, Christ:
Son of God, yet born of Mary;
For us sinners sacrificed,
And to death a tributary:
First to break the bars of death,
Thou has opened Heaven to faith.

6. From Thy high celestial home,
Judge of all, again returning,
We believe that Thou shalt come
In the dreaded doomsday morning;
When Thy voice shall shake the earth,
And the startled dead come forth.

7. Therefore do we pray Thee, Lord:
Help Thy servants whom, redeeming
By Thy precious blood out-poured,
Thou hast saved from Satan’s scheming.
Give to them eternal rest
In the glory of the blest.

8. Spare Thy people, Lord, we pray,
By a thousand snares surrounded:
Keep us without sin today,
Never let us be confounded.
Lo, I put my trust in Thee;
Never, Lord, abandon me.

Some additional information on the hymn:

The text for this hymn comes from the fourth century Latin hymn Te Deum Laudamus, which is often attributed to Ambrose of Milan (c. 339-397), but it may go back even further. The German version, which we sing, is attributed to Ignaz Franc (1774).

Ignaz Franz was born: October 12, 1719 in Protzau, Silesia (Poland) and died: August 19, 1790, Breslau, Silesia (now Wrocław, Poland). He was a Roman Catholic priest and is remembered as a hymnologist and compiler.