~An Old Dutch Hymn~

We gather together to ask the Lord's blessings,

He hastens and chastens His will to make known.

The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,

Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own.

 

Beside us to guide us, Our God with us joining,

Ordaining, maintaining His Kingdom Divine;

So from the beginning the fight we are winning,

Thou, Lord, were at our side, all glory be Thine!

~written in 1597

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"I've always loved this old hymn we sing every

year during Thanksgiving Services. It takes me

back many years! I'm so thankful that I was

brought up in a Christian environment and was

taught, from an early age, to be thankful for and

in all things. And, I thank you now, Lord, for all

my many blessings!"

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May you all have a blessed "Lord's Day!"

~Mary Lou

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