The White House Thanksgiving Hymn
Title
The White House Thanksgiving Hymn
Creator
Hargrave, Samuel Jackson
Identifier
CS77b-c
Date
1914 November 24
Source
Library of Congress
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Wilson Papers, Series 4, 152A Reel 231, Manuscript Division
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Contributor
Althea Cupo
Maria Matlock
Relation
CS77
Language
English
Is Part Of
CS77
Provenance
Digital copy acquired from federal archives by previous WWPL Archivist, Heidi Hackford.
Text
The White House Thanksgiving Hymn - Tune, Wilson. C. M. D.
Respectfully dedicated To His Ex. Woodrow Wilson, Pres. U.S.A.
By Samuel Jackson Hargrave, A.M.Mus. D.
God's Greatness and Goodness Cause For Thanksgiving
(1) O God, stupendous is they might,
And glorious is thy Name!
The solid rock before it melts,
Like wax before the flame.
By thine Almighty hand, the stars
Are guided in their flight;
At thy command, unerring worlds
Roll on before they sight.
(2) High dashing winds, thy chariot steeds,
Are scorched by lightning beams
From sombre clouds, whose thunders speak
Thy wrath in copious streams.
Treading the seas' majestic depths,
They own thy sovereign sway
Great mountains at thy dread approach,
Shrink back in wild dismay.
(3) Nations and kindreds, tribes and tongues
Exist by they command;
While royal sceptres, robes, and crowns,
are products of thy hand.
For peace; in war's insatiate strife,
Man moves; but at thy call:
For, by thy power alone we stand;
Without thine aid we fall.
(4) O God, what boundless thanks we owe
Thy Providencial Care!
May we the riches of thy love's
Continued blessings share.
Lord, with thanksgiving, then, we come
To worship at thy feet;
Extol thy grace, adore thy Name -
As in thy sight is meet.
Respectfully dedicated To His Ex. Woodrow Wilson, Pres. U.S.A.
By Samuel Jackson Hargrave, A.M.Mus. D.
God's Greatness and Goodness Cause For Thanksgiving
(1) O God, stupendous is they might,
And glorious is thy Name!
The solid rock before it melts,
Like wax before the flame.
By thine Almighty hand, the stars
Are guided in their flight;
At thy command, unerring worlds
Roll on before they sight.
(2) High dashing winds, thy chariot steeds,
Are scorched by lightning beams
From sombre clouds, whose thunders speak
Thy wrath in copious streams.
Treading the seas' majestic depths,
They own thy sovereign sway
Great mountains at thy dread approach,
Shrink back in wild dismay.
(3) Nations and kindreds, tribes and tongues
Exist by they command;
While royal sceptres, robes, and crowns,
are products of thy hand.
For peace; in war's insatiate strife,
Man moves; but at thy call:
For, by thy power alone we stand;
Without thine aid we fall.
(4) O God, what boundless thanks we owe
Thy Providencial Care!
May we the riches of thy love's
Continued blessings share.
Lord, with thanksgiving, then, we come
To worship at thy feet;
Extol thy grace, adore thy Name -
As in thy sight is meet.
Original Format
letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow
Files
Collection
Citation
Hargrave, Samuel Jackson , “The White House Thanksgiving Hymn ,” 1914 November 24, CS77b-c, Race and Segregation Collection, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.