We Bless Thy Holy Name

We Bless Thy Holy Name is song # 75 in The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers, by A. J. Showalter. Claude Hinton Bottoms, a composer, evangelist, and music teacher, wrote the tune. He is buried at the Riverdale Baptist Cemetery in Riverdale, Clayton County, Georgia. Laura Bell Hunter wrote the words. For biographical information on Mrs. Hunter, see Hymnwriter: Mrs. J. M. Hunter is Laura Bell Ogilvie Hunter.

1. We bless thy holy name,

Thou who canst save from shame,

Thee we adore;

Let all the people sing;

Loud let thy praises ring,

Thou are our God and King,

For evermore!

2, Thou art our Life and Light,

Dispelling all our night,

With mercy free;

We bow before thy throne,

Thy sov’reignty we own;

Since thou are God alone,

We come to thee.

3. Accept our grateful praise,

Guide us in wisdom’s ways,

Almighty Friend;

Our zeal and strength renew,

Help us our work to do,

With loving hearts and true,

Till time shall end.

4. When earthly tasks are o’er

On Canaan’s shining shore,

How sweet ’twill be,

Mid scenes of pure delight,

Where sin can never blight,

To share thy glory bright,

Eternally!