Happy Thanksgiving!
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We Gather Together We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens 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 devine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, wast at our side, All glory be thine! We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant, And pray that thou still our defender wilt be. Let thy congregation escape tribulation; Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free! Amen.
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In the early 1600s, Dutch settlers brought the Prayer of Thanksgiving to the "New World." Music, based on a Netherlands folk hymn, was added and it became a favorite in the colonies and today is a traditional Thanksgiving hymn. This translation is by Theodore Baker (1851-1934).
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uber-cool dude.
Posted by: Conservative Charlie | November 26, 2004 2:31 PM