Thanksgiving Day 422. Now thank we all our God

[1621]Deo Gratias:

Johann Crüger, 1647;

harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

German; Martin Rinkart, c.1636;

Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1858

Now thank we all our God,

With heart, and hands and voices,

Who wondrous things hath done,

In whom his world rejoices;

Who from our mother's arms

Hath blessed us on our way

With countless gifts of love,

And still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God

Through all our life be near us!

With ever-joyful hearts

And blessed peace to cheer us;

And keep us in his grace,

And guide us when perplexed,

And free us from all ills

In this world and the next.

Amen.