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From All That Dwell Below the Skies

The same words as 4 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.

2 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #23 · tune Angels → Old Hundredth

Verse 1

From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let his almighty name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

Verse 1

From all that dwell below the skies
Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Through every land, by every tongue.

Verse 2

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends Thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

Verse 2

Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,
Eternal truth attends Thy word;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

Verse 3

Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring,
In songs of praise divinely sing;

God's great salvation loud proclaim,

And shout for joy his glorious name.

Not in this version

Verse 4

In every land begin the song,
To every land the strains belong;

In cheerful sounds all voices raise,

And fill the world with loudest praise.

Not in this version

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