Thanksgiving, a hymn by Felix Adler (1868)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Felix Adler

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Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)

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hymns, 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, thanksgiving

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	Thanksgiving.
	Lord let the swelling anthems rise, Let all the nation’s sing, To Him who rules above the skies, Unto the Lord, our King! The sun, at His command, Renewed the barren ground— Rich harvest decks the land, And plenty smiles around.
	Praise ye the Lord, proclaim His might, Who made our fathers free, Who gave to us a heavenly light, The sun of liberty. A prosperous people hails Its bright and genial ray, And golden peace prevails Wide o’er the land to-day.
	Then let your hymns of thanks ascend, To the Almighty’s throne, To whom in gratitude we bend, Who reigns supreme alone. Of His great mercies tell, Whom earth and heaven adore, Let hallelujahs swell His praise for-evermore!

“Thanksgiving” is a hymn written by Felix Adler and published in Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871), hymn №35, p. 69. We have tentatively dated this hymn to 1868, since another hymn by Adler (“School-hymn, no. 36”) can be found appended from another unattributed work in A Guide to Instruction in the Israelitsh Religion (Samuel Adler, trans. M. Mayer, Temple Emanu-El, 1864, 4th printing 1868).

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Felix Adler

Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a German-Jewish American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader, and social reformer who, in 1876, founded the Ethical Culture movement. Felix Adler was the son of Rabbi Samuel Adler of Temple Emanu-El, the most prominent reform synagogue in New York City.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17