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All Praise to Him

Based on hymn by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889); Music and additional words by Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin

Verse 1

All praise to Him, the God of light

Who formed the mountains by His might

All praise to Him Who names the stars

That sing His fame in skies afar

All praise to Him Who reigns in love

Who guides the galaxies above

Yet bends to hear our every prayer

With sovereign pow’r and tender care

Verse 2

All praise to Him whose love is seen

In Christ the Son, the Servant King

Who left behind His glorious throne

To pay the ransom for His own

All praise to Him Who humbly came

To bear our sorrow, sin, and shame

Who lived to die, Who died to rise

The all-sufficient sacrifice

Verse 3

All praise to Him whose pow’r imparts

The love of God within our hearts

The Spirit of all truth and peace

The fount of joy and holiness

To Father, Son, and Spirit now

Our souls we lift, our wills we bow

To You, the triune God, we raise

With loving hearts our song of praise

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Behind the hymn

"All Praise to Him" is based on a hymn by Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), one of the greatest Scottish hymn writers of the nineteenth century, with additional music and words by Matt Merker and Bob Kauflin. Bonar was a minister in the Free Church of Scotland who wrote over six hundred hymns during his long ministry, many of them during the disruption of 1843 when he left the established Church of Scotland over issues of spiritual independence. He was deeply influenced by the Evangelical Revival and the premillennial hope of Christ's return, themes that permeate his hymns. Merker and Kauflin updated Bonar's text with a modern melody and additional lyrics, making it accessible to contemporary congregations while preserving the theological substance of the original. This practice of adapting historic hymns with new tunes — pioneered in the modern era by groups like Indelible Grace and the Gettys — allows the rich theology of past centuries to speak afresh to today's church. The result is a hymn that bridges two centuries of Christian worship, joining Bonar's nineteenth-century Scottish piety with twenty-first-century musical sensibility.

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