To Thee, eternal soul, be praise

To Thee, eternal soul, be praise. Richard Watson Gilder* (1844-1909). According to JJ, p. 1640, this was written for The Methodist Hymnal (1905). It was published in Gilder’s The Fire Divine (1907), with the title ‘Hymn (Thanksgiving for Saints and Prophets)’. It had five stanzas, beginning: To Thee, Eternal Soul, be praise! Who, from of old to our own days, Through souls of saints and prophets, Lord, Hast sent Thy light, Thy love, Thy word. The final stanza is a recapitulation: Eternal Soul, our souls keep pure, That like Thy saints we may endure; Forever through Thy servants, Lord, Send Thou Thy light, Thy love, Thy word. It was found in many hymnals in the first half of the 20th century,...