Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
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Praise God the Father who’s the source; Praise God the Son who is the course; Praise God the Spirit who’s the flow; Praise God, our portion here below!
Praise God the Father who’s the source; Praise God the Son who is the course; Praise God the Spirit who’s the flow; Praise God, our portion here below!
I’d never heard the second verse, although I attend a Presbyterian church. I was not raised Presbyterian. I just started attending a Presbyterian church the last couple of years.
nov.192020
Jason Ramirez Gutierrez
Bakersfield, California, United States
Praise the Father who is the source praise the Son who is the course praise the holy Spirit who is the flow let the flow of the Spirit open our hearts to receive the source the course and to overflow with His flowing. Amen!!
nov.122020
Merri
Columbus, OH, United States
I had never heard the second verse although I grew up on this doxology. Praise God, today I did!
nov.82020
Dr. Oluwatoyin Ariyo
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
I started singing this song since 1978 when I was in my Anglican Grammar School, Owo and the meaning of the content has become clearer and clearer each time I sing it. God is my source!
oct.102020
Lucinda
Fulton, NY, United States
I woke up with the doxology on my mind. Praise God.
août252020
Jeffery
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Praise the Lord. He deserves all worship and praise. I will praise him through difficult times and circumstances. I will be joyful in Him now and forever. Praise His name forever and ever.
août252020
Kate
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Praising the LORD this morning, remembered this tune & had to look up these wonderful lyrics.
juin282020
Margaretha
Cleveland, Texas, United States
I have sang that song all my life. I sang the song when I need to be close to him
juin252020
Paula Kinney
Portland, Oregon, United States
When I was growing up, I remember that we all stood up and sang this song, at Union Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa, at the end of the sermon. The hymnal stays with me to this day!
juin22020
Kathleen K Parker
New Orleans, LA, United States
I remember this from when I was a child and went to an Episcopal school. I think we sang this song just about every week in chapel. I loved it and I still sing it.
Formerly, God was outside of man and had nothing to do with man; there was a great distance between God and man. However, the Triune God desires to transmit Himself into us. In order for the Triune God to fulfill this desire, God the Father is the source, God the Son is the course, and God the Spirit is the flow (2 Cor. 13:14). This thought is expressed in the second stanza of a hymn in our hymnal: "Praise God the Father who's the source; / Praise God the Son who is the course; / Praise God the Spirit who's the flow; / Praise God, our portion here below!" (Hymns, #8). The Spirit is revealed as the flow of the Trinity in Revelation 22:1. This verse says that the river of water of life, a symbol of the Spirit, proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of the street (cf. John 7:37-39). This indicates that the Spirit as the river of water of life flows and that this river has not only a source from which it flows but also a course, a way in which the source flows. In Revelation 22:1 the Triune God, the Divine Being, is portrayed as living water in three aspects: the source, the course, and the flow. God the Father is the source of the river of water of life, God the Son is the course of this river, and God the Spirit is the flow of the river. In the New Jerusalem the river of water of life spirals down from the throne in the middle of the golden street to water the whole city. This is a picture of the transmission of the Triune God as living water into the believers. When the Spirit as the flow comes to reach us, the entire Triune God is transmitted into us.
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Gautier, MS, United States
I’d never heard the second verse, although I attend a Presbyterian church. I was not raised Presbyterian. I just started attending a Presbyterian church the last couple of years.
Bakersfield, California, United States
Praise the Father who is the source praise the Son who is the course praise the holy Spirit who is the flow let the flow of the Spirit open our hearts to receive the source the course and to overflow with His flowing. Amen!!
Columbus, OH, United States
I had never heard the second verse although I grew up on this doxology. Praise God, today I did!
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
I started singing this song since 1978 when I was in my Anglican Grammar School, Owo and the meaning of the content has become clearer and clearer each time I sing it. God is my source!
Fulton, NY, United States
I woke up with the doxology on my mind. Praise God.
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Praise the Lord. He deserves all worship and praise. I will praise him through difficult times and circumstances. I will be joyful in Him now and forever. Praise His name forever and ever.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Praising the LORD this morning, remembered this tune & had to look up these wonderful lyrics.
Cleveland, Texas, United States
I have sang that song all my life. I sang the song when I need to be close to him
Portland, Oregon, United States
When I was growing up, I remember that we all stood up and sang this song, at Union Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa, at the end of the sermon. The hymnal stays with me to this day!
New Orleans, LA, United States
I remember this from when I was a child and went to an Episcopal school. I think we sang this song just about every week in chapel. I loved it and I still sing it.