In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer

In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer. William Henry Draper* (1855-1933). Written in 1894 for the restoration of the Holy Cross, the Abbey Church at Shrewsbury, of which Draper was vicar from 1889 to 1899. It was printed on a leaflet with the title ‘Remembrance of Past Worshippers’: In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer  For the saints who before us have found their reward;When the shadow of death fell upon them, we sorrowed,  But now we rejoice that they rest in the Lord. In the morning of life, and at noon, and at even,  He called them away from our worship below;But not till his love, at the font and the altar,  Had girt them with grace for the way they should...