Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren explained

"de|Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren"
Type:Christian hymn
Translation:All to the honour of my God
Language:German
Written:, 1963
Melody:from Bamberg

"de|Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren" (All to the honour of my God) is a hymn with a text begun by Melchior Ludolf Herold in 1724. A melody was associated with it from 1732. Later versions retain the first stanza. One by Georg Thurmair is part of the Catholic German hymnal Gotteslob, and other hymnals and songbooks.

History

The text of "de|Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren", by, appeared first in 1724 in a Jesuit hymnal as the refrain of a morning song. The melody associated with it appeared first in Bamberg in 1732. Georg Thurmair wrote in 1963 three additional stanzas for the first edition of the Catholic German hymnal Gotteslob, as GL 615. In the second edition of 2013 it is Gl 455, in the section Sendung und Nachfolge. It is contained in other hymnals and songbooks.

Text and music

The text of the 1724 stanza is:

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1) Alles meinem Gott zu Ehren,in der Arbeit, in der Ruh!Gottes Lob und Ehr zu mehren,ich verlang und alles tu.Meinem Gott nur will ich gebenLeib und Seel, mein ganzes Leben.Gib, o Jesu, Gnad dazu.