Let All Things Now Living

(Original lyrics by Katherine K. Davis--1892-1980; New third stanza by Mark Aikins)

Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving
To God the creator triumphantly raise.
Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us,
Who still guides us on to the end of our days.
God's banners are o'er us, His light goes before us,
A pillar of fire shining forth in the night.
Till shadows have vanished and darkness is banished
As forward we travel from light into light.

His law he enforces, the stars in their courses
And sun in its orbit obediently shine;
The hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,
The deeps of the ocean proclaim him divine.
We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing;
With glad adoration a Song let us raise
Till all things now living unite in thanksgiving:
"To God in the highest, Hosanna and praise!

Yet God’s greatest treasure, the Gift beyond measure,
He gave when our Savior was sent from above;
Through earth’s humble portal, divine and yet mortal,
Christ came to poor sinners with grace and with love.
Amazing salvation, a brand new creation
To all who believe Him He’ll freely bestow;
Now His resurrection points us to perfection—
With joy let us serve and His love ever show!