Our Forefathers — 366. Uplift the Song of Praise
Frederick L. Hosmer, 1840-1929
A hymn of praise for God’s leading of our forefathers. The author traced his own descent from the Pilgrim Fathers, one of his ancestors, James Hosmer, having come to Concord in 1635. In writing the hymn, he had the Pilgrims in mind, but his words are fully as applicable to other immigrant groups such as the Mennonites who came at different times from Europe to settle here in “lands untrod.”
For comments on Frederick L. Hosmer see Hymn 72.
MUSIC, LEONI (Yigdal). For comments on this tune see Hymn 14.