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the words we use were written by a Unitarian-Universalist minister, Horace Westwood, and sung to the tune of Old Hundredth: "Spirit of truth, of life, of power, we bring ourselves as gifts to thee, oh, bind our hearts this sacred hour, in faith, and hope, and charity." though our services usually last more like an hour 15, or even an hour and a half... 
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How does the first line scan, eta? And there's yet a third set of words to Old Hundredth:
"All creatures that on earth do dwell
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice
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(What's the rest? Faldage has lost my hymnal so I'm typing this from memory.)
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It's into Hebrew which He translates it back in His head
Not Aramaic?
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How does the first line scan, eta?poorly. Spi- rit of life..., blah, blah, ..of pow'r(one sylabble...)
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The origin meaning praise seems to fit all of the above.
except possibly the "blah, blah, of pow'r"
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except possibly the "blah, blah, of pow'r"nah. we're UU's. that works, too. 
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Here you go, Anna; from the United Methodist Hymnal:
1. All people that on earth do dwell,
sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell;
come ye before him and rejoice.
2. Know that the Lord is God indeed;
without our aid he did us make;
we are his folk, he doth us feed,
and for his sheep he doth us take.
3. O enter then his gates with praise;
approach with joy his courts unto;
praise, laud, and bless his name always,
for it is seemly so to do.
4. For why! the Lord our God is good;
his mercy is forever sure;
his truth at all times firmly stood,
and shall from age to age endure. Here's a link to a history of Old Hundredth, for those who are interested: http://www.webedelic.com/church/doxolf.htm
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Why do I remember a completley different set of lyrics following "All people that on Earth do dwell"?
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Thank you, Jackie!! And I'll look at your link in a bit. It could be that each denomination has tweaked the words a little bit (well, in the U.U.'s case, a *lot  ), because I remember "creatures" (Presbyterian upbringing) and Faldage apparently remembers different following lines (Congregational unbringing).
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creatures
I thought the "people" sounded funny.
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