DOXOLOGY

Author: Thomas Ken in Man­u­al of Pray­ers for the Use of the Schol­ars of Win­ches­ter Col­lege, 1674.
This last stan­za of Awake, my soul, and with the sun has come into wide­spread use as the Dox­ol­o­gy, per­haps the most fr­equent­ly used piece of mu­sic in pub­lic wor­ship.


Music:  OLD HUNDREDTH

Composer: Attributed to Louis Bourgeois, Genevan Psalter, 1551.


             Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
             Praise Him, all creatures here below;
             Praise Him above, angelic host;
             Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.