“All Creatures of our God and King” is one of my favorite hymns. I love St. Francis’ channeling of Psalms 148-150 to produce expansive doxologies, even calling death to praise God!

The rarely sung sixth verse says,

And thou most kind and gentle Death,
Waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
And Christ our Lord the way hath trod.
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Allelujah! Allelujah! Allelujah!

Now, that is good.

I have, however, always longed for new verses that more explicitly proclaimed God’s glory in Christ. Enter our Sovereign Grace friends “West Coast Revival”.

Last year the Baird brothers adapted St. Francis’ classic by adding two verses; verse three proclaims the gospel and verse four announces Christ’s return in glory. The next time your church does “All Creatures” consider using the following four verses. They’re fresh, true, and oh so necessary for the soul to sing.