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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.