The President's Hymn: Give Thanks, All Ye People

The Presidents Hymn Give thanks all ye people as sung by the CHOIR OF HOPE CHURCH. Yonkers, N.Y. Words by Rev. Dr. Wm. A. Muhlenberg, Music by EDWARD S. CUMMINGS. 3

New York. Published for the Author by Wm. A. Pond & Co. 547 Broadway.

Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1864 by E.S. Cummings in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

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GIVE THANKS, ALL YE PEOPLE.

Words by Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg. Music by Edward S. Cummings.

1st Verse in Unison.

8. In the dome of Messiah, ye worshipping throngs, Solemn litanies mingle with

1. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord, Alleluias of freedom with

3. For the nation's wide table, O'er-flowingly spread, Where the many have feasted and

5 Of commerce and traffic, ye princes behold Your riches from Him Whose the

jubilant songs; The Ruler of Nations beseeching

joyful accord: Let the East and the West, North and

all have been fed; With no bondage their God given

silver and gold; Happier children of Labor, true

to spare, And our Empire still keep th' Elect of His care.

South roll along, Sea, mountain and prairie, One thanksgiving song.

rights to enthrall, But Liberty guarded by Justice for all.

lords of the soil, Bless the Great master workman, who blesseth your toil.

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Chorus.

Soprano. Alto. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord, Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord.

Tenor. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord, Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord.

6th verse in unison. Brave men of our forces Lifeguard of our coasts To your Leader be loyal, Jehovah of Hosts;

2. For the sunshine and rainfall enriching again, Our acres in myriads, with treasures of grain;

4. In the realms of the Anvil, the Loom and the Plow, Whose the mines and the fields to Him gratefully bow;

Glow the Stripes and the Stars, aye, with victory bright, Reflecting His glory, He crowneth the Right.

For the Earth still unloading her manifold wealth, For the Skies beaming vigor, the winds breathing health.

His the flocks and the herds, sing ye hillsides and vales, On his ocean domains chant his name with the gales.

Chorus after each verse.

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Solo. Sop'o or Tenor.  9. Our guilt and transgressions remember no more; Peace, Lord! righteous

Solo. Sop'o. 7. Nor shall ye thro' our borders, ye stricken of heart, Only wailing your

Peace, of Thy gift we implore; Our guilt and transgressions

dead, in the joy have no part: God's solace be yours, and for

remember no more; Peace, Lord! righteous Peace, of Thy gift we implore.

you there shall flow, All that honor and sympathy's gifts can bestow.

Chant. after 7th Verse only.

Sop'o. Alto. Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to the Lord, Alleluias of freedom with joyful accord.

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Finale. Chorus.

Sop'o. Alto. And the Banner of Union restor'd by Thy hand, Be the Banner of Freedom o'er

Tenor. And the Banner of Union, restor'd by Thy hand, Be the Banner of Freedom o'er

all in the land: And the Banner of Union,

all in the land: And the Banner of Union

restor'd by Thy Hand, Be the Banner of Freedom o'er all in the land.

restor'd by Thy hand, Be the Banner of Freedom o'er all in the land.

Chorus. Give thanks, &c.