a hymn of praise

"O praise our great and gracious Lord,
And call upon His Name;
To strains of joy tune every chord,
His mighty acts proclaim;
Tell how He led His chosen race
To Canaan's promised land;
Tell how His covenant of grace
Unchanged shall ever stand.

He gave the shadowing cloud by day,
The moving fire by night;
To guide His Israel on their way,
He made their darkness light;
And have not we a sure retreat,
A Saviour ever nigh,
The same clear light to guide our feet,
The Day-spring from on high?

We too have Manna from above,
The Bread that came from Heav'n;
To us the same kind hand of love
Hath living waters given;
A Rock we have, from whence the spring
In rich abundance flows:
That Rock is Christ, our Priest, our King,
Who life and health bestows."