Let us pray for a blessing of God

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Let us pray for a blessing of God

Author: W. Howard Doane
Tune: [Let us pray for a blessing of God]
Published in 4 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Let us pray for a blessing of God,
To direct us in all that we do,
For the counsel and aid of His Spirit,
Our vigor and strength to renew.

Refrain:
Let us pray, let us pray,
And the blessing He will surely impart;
Let us pray, let us pray,
For a deeper work of grace in the heart.

2 Let us pray for a blessing of God,
Tis a boon He will never deny,
When the prayer at His footstool of mercy
Is wafted by faith to the sky. [Refrain]

3 Let us pray that the blessing of God
Now may rest on us here as we meet,
That our souls may be filled with His glory,
Our hearts with His goodness replete. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16705

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Author: W. Howard Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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