I Praise Thy Name

I praise Thy name

O God of light

For rest and safe­ty through the night;

Beneath Thy wing

se­cure­ly kept

I closed my eyes and sweet­ly slept.

Redeemed from wea­ri­ness

I rise

To greet the light with cheer­ful eyes;

And with the birds on joy­ful wing

My soul would rise

and sweet­ly sing.

I praise Thy name

O God of light

For rest and safe­ty thro’ the night;

Beneath Thy wing

se­cure­ly kept

I closed my eyes and sweet­ly slept.

I thank Thee

Lord

for all Thy care

For all the bless­ings that I share—

Life

rea­son

health

and home

and friends

And ev­ery gift Thy good­ness sends.

O let me nev­er

nev­er cease

To cher­ish trust and thank­ful­ness;

From Thee

Thou mak­er of my frame

Each un­de­serv­èd bless­ing came.

As num­ber­less as stars of heav­en

Are the rich boun­ties Thou hast giv­en

And fresh as dews

and sweet as flow­ers

The love that smiles on all my hours.

O let me to Thy al­tar bring

A pure and grate­ful of­fer­ing;

And let my thanks

as in­cense rise

In Christ

a pleas­ing sac­ri­fice.