Sacred Songs by J. R. Thomas
[No. 3 of 5]
"It Is a Good Thing" (1873)
Bonum Est Quartet
[Words--anonymous.]
Music by John Rogers Thomas, 1830-1896

New York: J. L. Peters, 599 Broadway
Cincinnati: Dobmeyer & Newhall
St. Louis: T. A. Boyle
San Francisco & Portland: Matthias Gray
Detroit: C. J. Witney & Co.
Galveston: T. Goggan & Bro.
Plate No. 10,244--3.
[Source: 1873-09430@LoC]

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, 
And to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest; 
to tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning, 
and of thy truth in the night season, 
upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; 
Upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 
For thou Lord hast made me glad through thy works; 
and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 
Glory be to the Father, 
And to the Son, 
And to the Holy Ghost; 
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, 
World without end, 
Amen, Amen.