{"id":14726,"date":"2014-11-27T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/?p=14726"},"modified":"2015-06-03T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T16:44:44","slug":"o-praise-the-lord-of-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/summathissummathat\/2014\/11\/o-praise-the-lord-of-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"“O Praise the Lord of Heaven!”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<blockquote>\nO Praise the Lord of Heaven; \nPraise Him in the Height, \nPraise Him in the Depth; \nO praise the Lord of Heaven, \nPraise Him all ye Angels, \nPraise\u00a0Jehovah. \nPraise Him Sun and Moon and blazing Comets, \nPraise the Lord. \nLet them praise the Name of the Lord, \nFor He spake the Word and all were made; \nHe commanded and they were created; \nAdmire, adore. \nYe Dragons whose contageous Breath, \nPeople the dark Abodes of Death, \nChange your dire Hissings into heav\u2019nly Songs, \nAnd praise your Maker with your forked Tongues. \nO praise the Lord of Heaven; \nFire, Hail and Snow, Wind and Storms, \nBeasts and Cattle, creeping Insects, \nFlying Fowl, \nKings and Princes, Men and Angels, \nPraise the Lord; \nJew and Gentile, Male and Female, \nBond and Free, \nEarth and Heaven, Land and Water, \nPraise the Lord; \nYoung Men and Maids, \nOld Men and Babes, \nPraise the Lord. \nJoin Creation, \nPreservation, \nAnd Redemption join in one; \nNo Exemption, \nNor Dissention, \nOne Invention, \nAnd Intention reigns through the Whole, \nTo Praise the Lord. \nHallelujah, praise the Lord.<\/p>\nIs any afflicted \nIs any afflicted, \nLet him Pray. \nIs any of you merry, \nLet him sing Psalms, \nSinging and making Melody \nIn your hearts to the Lord. \nLet the word of Christ \nDwell in you richly, \nTeaching and admonishing \nOne another in Psalms and Hymns \nAnd Spir\u2019tual Songs, \nSinging and making Melody \nIn your hearts to the Lord.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225367213.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14747 aligncenter\" title=\"Image courtesy of Shutterstock.\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/109\/2014\/11\/shutterstock_225367213.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_225367213\" width=\"610\" height=\"407\"><\/a><\/p>\nAttribution(s): <\/strong>\u201cThanksgiving\u201d provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Shutterstock<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 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