We Praise Thee

Some mornings we wake up just singing a song praising our Lord. This morning my mind homed in on one I haven’t heard in quite a while, but it resonates in my mind this morning and lifts my spirits:

We praise Thee, O God!
For the Son of Thy love,
For Jesus Who died,
And is now gone above,

Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah!
Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.

We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our Savior,
And scattered our night.

All glory and praise
To the Lamb that was slain,
Who hath borne all our sins,
And hath cleansed every stain.

Revive us again;
Fill each heart with Thy love;
May each soul be rekindled
With fire from above.

Lyrics: William Mackay, 1863

I read of his pawning his Bible for alcohol, then having it returned to him at the death of a patient. That brought him back to the God he had spurned for membership in the Infidel Club.

What Mackay wrote is the cry of the Psalmist: Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psalms 85:6 KJV)

What he was expecting out of that revival was that God would Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. (Psalms 85:7-8 KJV)

Praise God, that is what we receive. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:13b KJV)