378. To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise
William Chatterdon Dix, 1837-98
A popular thanksgiving hymn, written in the author’s most facile and musical style. The hymn was published in St. Raphael’s Hymns for the Service of the Church, Bristol, 1864.
For comments on the author, William Chatterdon Dix, see [Hymn 78].
MUSIC. ST. GALL is from Katolisches Gesangbuch zum Gebrauch bei dem öffentlichen Gottesdienste, 1863, the revised edition of the old hymn book used in the Benedictine Monastery founded in 614 A.D. by the Irish monk, St. Gall. It is a fine tune with a good swinging rhythm when sung at a fairly lively tempo.