Hymn of the Month

Each month of this school year, our students have been learning different hymns that we sing together as a school in chapel every Wednesday. Our hymn for this month is entitled, "Let All Things Now Living." The tune is called, "The Ash Grove," and is the same tune used for the hymn, "Sent Forth by God's Blessing." The text for the two stanzas we are learning is as follows:

   1. 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.

   2. 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!"

What a great hymn to start off the year! In this season of Epiphany, we give thanks to God for the gift of his Son as our Savior, the gift of rebirth through the waters of Holy Baptism, and for the gifts that He continually showers upon us in our everyday lives.