To God Be the Glory

This request is a blast from my Presbyterian past for me, as I remember singing this one a lot in sixties. The words are by Fanny J. Crosby and the music by William H. Doane.

The text is very much of the nineteenth century and can be found  here and I found the sheet music at Hymnary.

Compared to some of the turgid things I sang as a youngster, this one at least had some verve.

We never sang as a country swing waltz though…

Clear the decks for blasting:

A more restrained version:

As a battle hymn:

An organ at window rattling volume:

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