We thank thee O God for a Prophet

1. We thank thee, O God, for a prophet  
To guide us in these latter days.  
We thank thee for sending the gospel  
To lighten our minds with its rays.  
We thank thee for every blessing  
Bestowed by thy bounteous hand.  
We feel it a pleasure to serve thee  
And love to obey thy command.  

2. When dark clouds of trouble hang o'er us  
And threaten our peace to destroy,  
There is hope smiling brightly before us,  
And we know that deliv'rance is nigh.  
We doubt not the Lord nor his goodness.  
We've proved him in days that are past.  
The wicked who fight against Zion  
Will surely be smitten at last.  

3. We'll sing of his goodness and mercy.  
We'll praise him by day and by night,  
Rejoice in his glorious gospel,  
And bask in its life-giving light.  
Thus on to eternal perfection  
The honest and faithful will go, 
  While they who reject this glad message  
Shall never such happiness know. 

Text: William Fowler, 1830-1865  
Music: Caroline Sheridan Norton, 1808-ca. 1877


We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet