Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Why do we sing “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” at the start of each worship service? What is the history behind the reason why we sing this particular hymn to begin our worship?  The doxology “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” was written by an English bishop named Rev. Thomas Ken (1637–1711). The song first appeared in 1674 and was part of a collection of hymns that the bishop wrote for his students at Winchester College. It is the fourteenth stanza of “Awake, My Soul, and...