HYMN
OF PRAISE
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I PRAISE
God that He gave man breath
To breathe the mountains
and the seas;
I praise Him that He sends us death
To give us solitude and
ease.
I praise God that He gave man sight
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And
knowledge of the lakes and streams;
I praise Him that He sends us night
And blinding mystery of
dreams.
I praise God that He gave man speech
And thoughts that lap
the world with fire;
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I praise
Him that He orders each
To set a bound to his desire.
I praise God that He gave man love
And faith and truth and
simple joys;
I praise Him that the stars above
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deaf to all our human noise.
I praise God that He built man’s brain
Wide-open to the senses’
thrill;
I praise Him that He sends us pain
To break the thraldom
of the will.
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I praise God for the darts that sting,
The age-long toil, the ceaseless
strife;
I praise God that He made man king
To choose in freedom—Death
or Life.
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