Blessing, honor, thanks and praise


Blessing, honor, thanks, and praise,
pay we, gracious God, to thee;
thou, in thine abundant grace,
givest us the victory;
true and faithful to thy word,
thou hast glorified thy Son,
Jesus Christ, our dying Lord,
has for us the victory won.

Lo! the prisoner is released,
lightened of his fleshly load;
where the weary are at rest,
and are gathered unto God;
Lo! the pain of life is past,
and his warfare now is o'er,
death and hell behind are cast,
grief and suffering are no more.

Happy are the faithful dead,
blessèd who in Jesus die;
they from all their toils are freed,
in God's keeping safely lie.
These the Spirit hath declared
blest, unutterably blest,
Jesus is their great reward,
Jesus is their endless rest.

Absent from our loving Lord
we shall not continue long;
join we then, with one accord,
in the new, the joyful song;
Blessing, honor, thanks, and praise,
pay we, gracious God, to thee;
thou, in thine abundant grace,
givest us the victory!


Words: Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Music: Resurgam (T. Adams)

Meter: 77 77 D

Hymnal, Year Number Tunes Other comments
Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1861-1874      
The Anglican Hymn Book, 1868       
The Sarum Hymnal, 1869      
The Church Hymnal, 1871 (Hall & Whiteley)      
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Goodrich & Gilbert)      
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Tucker & Rousseau)      
The Church Hymnal, 1874 (Hutchins)      
Church Hymns with Tunes, 1874 243 Cassel  
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1874      
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Standard, 1875-1924      
A Church of England Hymn Book, 1879      
The Universal Hymn Book, 1885      
The Hymnal Companion, 1890      
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Darlington) 241 Hollingside Omits v. 2
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Parker) 241 Salzburg Omits v. 2
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Hutchins) 241 Resurgam Omits v. 2
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Tucker & Rousseau) 241 Hollingside Omits v. 2
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Helfenstein) 241 Salzburg Omits v. 2
The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, 1892 (Messiter) 241 Salzburg  
The Yattendon Hymnal, 1900
     
Church Hymns, New Edition, 1903 281 Salzburg  
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Edition, 1904      
The English Hymnal, 1906      
The Book of Common Praise, 1908      
The Hymnal 1916      
Church Hymnal for the Christian Year, 1917      
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1919      
Church Hymnal Revised, 1920
(Hutchins)
     
The Oxford Hymn Book, 1925      
Songs of Praise, 1925      
Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition, 1931      
The Book of Common Praise, 1938      
The Hymnal 1940      
Hymns Ancient & Modern, Revised, 1950      
The Mirfield Mission Hymn Book, 1955      
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 1960      
Anglican Hymn Book, 1965      
The Hymn Book 1971      
The Australian Hymn Book / With One Voice, 1977      
The Hymnal 1982      
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard, 1983      
The New English Hymnal, 1985      
Hymns for Today's Church, second edition, 1988      
Church Family Worship, 1988      
Hymns Old & New, New Anglican Edition, 1996      
Common Praise (The Anglican Church of Canada), 1998      
Together in Song: The Australian Hymn Book II, 1999      
Sing Glory, 1999      
Complete Mission Praise, 2000      
Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern, 2000      
Hymns Old & New, Complete Anglican Edition, 2000      
Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland), 2000      

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