Hymn
Gratitude
- Writer
- Mrs. Barbauld
- Meter
- Long Meter (8.8.8.8)
How blest the sacred tie that binds
In sweet communion kindred minds!
How swift the heav'nly course they run,
Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes are one.
To each the soul of each how dear!
What tender love! what holy fear!
How does the gen'rous flame within
Refine from earth and cleanse from sin!
Their streaming eyes together flow
For human guilt and human woe;
Their ardent prayers together rise,
Like mingling flames in sacrifice.
Gratitude — Text from Christ in Song, 1908. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/gratitude
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Gratitude?
The words of Gratitude were written by Mrs. Barbauld; the version here was published in 1908. The library holds 2 more hymns by Mrs. Barbauld, including Blest is the man, whose softening heart and Death of the Righteous.
Is Gratitude public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Christ in Song, published in 1908. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of Gratitude?
Gratitude is in Long Meter (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Jew and Gentile in Christ, The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace and Arm of the Lord, awake! awake!