Hymns and Tunes 1886 256
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow
Music: Guillaume FrancTune: Old Hundred. L. M.L. M.
1Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
- Music
- Guillaume Franc
- Also sung to
- Old Hundredth (SDA Hymnal #694, SDA Hymnal #695)
- Meter
- L. M.
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The verse
- Meter
- 16.17 · the hymnal prints L. M.
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 42% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below;//˘˘//˘//˘//˘/˘/16A
Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!/˘˘///˘˘///˘/˘/˘/17B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.