One of the benefits of being moderator at the 2013 South Australian Assembly is that I get to arrange the details of the two services which will be held Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Tomorrow night’s opening service will conclude with To God Be The Glory.
I love the testimony inherent in Frances Jane Van Alstyne’s words, the optimism of the final verse and the chorus which soars due to William Doane’s melody.
The lyrics:
1
To God be the glory, great things he has done;
so loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that we may go in.
Refrain:
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord; let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory; great things he has done.
2
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
Refrain
3
Great things he has taught us, great things he has done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
but purer and higher and greater will be
our wonder, our gladness, when Jesus we see.
Refrain
We won’t quite sound like this massed recording from Songs Of Praise, but we’ll give it a go.
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