SDA Hymnal 694
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings
Tune: OLD HUNDREDTH
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.
- Tune
- OLD HUNDREDTH
- Also sung to
- Old Hundred. L. M. (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #256)
The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.9.8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 50% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
Scan every line
/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary
Verse 1
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;//˘˘//˘/8A
Praise Him, all creatures here below;/˘//˘/˘/8A
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;/˘˘///˘˘/9B
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.//˘/˘/˘/8B
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.