Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Praise God the Son who is the course;
Praise God the Spirit who’s the flow;
Praise God, our portion here below!
Re-translation of stanza 1:
1. Praise Father, whence all blessings spring;
Praise Son, redemption finishing;
Praise Spirit, working to apply& mdash;
Praise God with voices lifted high.
Formerly, God was outside of man and had nothing to do with man; there was a great distance between God and man. However, the Triune God desires to transmit Himself into us. In order for the Triune God to fulfill this desire, God the Father is the source, God the Son is the course, and God the Spirit is the flow (2 Cor. 13:14). This thought is expressed in the second stanza of a hymn in our hymnal: "Praise God the Father who's the source; / Praise God the Son who is the course; / Praise God the Spirit who's the flow; / Praise God, our portion here below!" (Hymns, #8). The Spirit is revealed as the flow of the Trinity in Revelation 22:1. This verse says that the river of water of life, a symbol of the Spirit, proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of the street (cf. John 7:37-39). This indicates that the Spirit as the river of water of life flows and that this river has not only a source from which it flows but also a course, a way in which the source flows. In Revelation 22:1 the Triune God, the Divine Being, is portrayed as living water in three aspects: the source, the course, and the flow. God the Father is the source of the river of water of life, God the Son is the course of this river, and God the Spirit is the flow of the river. In the New Jerusalem the river of water of life spirals down from the throne in the middle of the golden street to water the whole city. This is a picture of the transmission of the Triune God as living water into the believers. When the Spirit as the flow comes to reach us, the entire Triune God is transmitted into us.
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Tucson, AZ, United States
The first two lines of this hymn have been in my head for a week. I couldn't remember the entire first verse. Thank you for filling in the blanks.
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Praise God! So glad to find there is a second verse … have been singing only the first verse since childhood.
Wrightsville, PA, United States
Started to sing this just now. I wanted clarification on "Praise Him above ye heav'nly host" Thank you!
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
I've wanted to learn this tune for a long time and now the wait is over. Praise God Almighty!! To God be the glory!!!
Owerri, Imo, Nigeria
I’ve been humming this song in praise to God for uncountable blessings, but needed to wordings. Thanks to Google. I can see why the Lord laid it in my heart——God the source……
……God our portion here below.
I’m eternally grateful.
Groton, CT, United States
Thank You, I am grateful to be able to find this hymn I was asked about it and now to be able to share/ give the person a copy of it is a blessing. Again thank you.
Merced, California, United States
Thank you for posting this its brought me comfort during my time of pain...
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
I’m laying in a hospital bed, it’s 3:30 AM I’ve been here for 7 weeks, The words Praise God from whom all blessings flow came to my mind. Only a loving God and the Holy Spirit could bring these words , at this juncture in my life
And thanks for Google and blogs like this for competing the story.
Fishers, IN, United States
We used to sing this song in my Congregationalist church when I was growing up. This morning, I couldn't remember all of the lyrics so I decided to look it up. Thanks for helping.
Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines
I was doing a journal about "Praise Before Victory", and the Lord gave me this doxology which I have sang at the Catholic school my sister and I went to and at Church too when we were old enough to go by ourselves. Praise is a perfect prayer as it comes from the heart. Try it and joy will flow thru your soul, body and spirit. God bless.