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"Te Deum Laudamus."

2 To Thee aloud all angels cry,

The heavens and all the powers on high
Thee, Holy, holy, holy King,
Lord God of Hosts, they ever sing.

3 Th' Apostles join the glorious throng;
The Prophets swell th' immortal song;
The Martyrs' noble army raise
Eternal anthems to Thy praise.

4 From day to day, O Lord, do we
Highly exalt and honor Thee:
Thy Name we worship and adore,
World without end, for evermore.

5 Vouchsafe, O Lord, we humbly pray,
To keep us safe from sin this day:
Have mercy, Lord, we trust in Thee;
O let us ne'er confounded be.

Rev. Thomas Cotterill (1779—1823), 1819. Ab. and alt.

"The Trinity adored."

IO HOLY, holy, holy Lord,

Bright in Thy deeds and in Thy Name,
For ever be Thy Name adored,
Thy glories let the world proclaim.

2 O Jesus, Lamb once crucified
To take our load of sins away,
Thine be the hymn that rolls its tide
Along the realms of upper day.

3 O Holy Spirit from above,

In streams of light and glory given, Thou source of ecstasy and love,

Thy praises ring thro' earth and Heav'n

4 O God Triune, to Thee we owe

Our every thought, our every song; And ever may Thy praises flow From saint and seraph's burning tongue

Rev. James Wallis Eastburn (1797—1819), 1819

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Thrice Hory.

Is. vi. 1-3. John xii. 41.

2 "Lord, Thy glory fills the Heaven, 'Earth is with its fulness stored; "Unto Thee be glory given,

"Holy, holy, holy Lord!"

3 Heaven is still with glory ringing; Earth takes up the angels' cry, "Holy, holy, holy," singing,

"Lord of Hosts, the Lord most High."

4 With His seraph train before Him,
With His holy Church below,
Thus conspire we to adore Him,
Bid we thus our anthem flow:

5 "Lord, Thy glory fills the Heaven,
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,
Holy, holy, holy Lord!"

6 Thus Thy glorious Name confessing,
We adopt the angels' cry,

Holy, holy, holy! blessing

Thee, the Lord of Hosts most high.
Bp. Richard Mant (1776-1848), 1837. Ab.

DOXOLOGY.

PRAISE the Father, earth, and Heaven,
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise;

As it was, and is, be given
Glory, through eternal days.

Unknown Author, 1827.

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God my Refuge and Fortress. Ps. xcl.

I CALL Jehovah thy Salvation,
Rest beneath th' Almighty's shade,
In His secret habitation

Dwell, and never be dismayed.

2 There no tumult can alarm thee,
Thou shalt dread no hidden snare;
Guile nor violence can harm thee,
In eternal safeguard there.

3 From the sword, at noonday wasting,
From the noisome pestilence,
In the depth of midnight, blasting,
God shall be thy sure defence.

4 God shall charge His angel legions
Watch and ward o'er thee to keep:
Though thou walk thro' hostile regions,
Though in desert wilds thou sleep.

5 Since, with pure and firm affection,
Thou on God hast set thy love,
With the wings of His protection
He will shield thee from above.

6 Thou shalt call on Him in trouble,
He will hearken, He will save;
Here for grief reward thee double,
Crown with life beyond the grave.

James Montgomery (1771-1854), 1822. An

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Rev. John Kempthorne ? (1775-1838, 1796.

God is Love. 1 JOHN iv. 8.

I GOD is Love; His mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove;
Bliss He wakes, and woe He lightens:
God is wisdom, God is love.

2 Chance and change are busy ever;
Man decays, and ages move;
But His mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth Will His changeless goodness prove;

Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), 1825.

Praise on Earth and in Heaven,

REV. iv. 11.

I PRAISE to Thee, Thou great Creator,
Praise be Thine from every tongue;
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2 Father, Source of all compassion,
Pure unbounded grace is Thine:
Hail the God of our salvation,
Praise Him for His love divine.

3 For ten thousand blessings given,

For the richest gifts bestowed, Sound His praise thro' earth and Heaven, Sound Jehovah's praise aloud.

4 Joyfully on earth adore Him,

Till in Heaven our song we raise; There, enraptured fall before Him, Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

Rev. John Fawcett (1739-1817), 1767. Alt

MESSIAH. 7. D.

LOUIS JOSEPH FERDINANd herold (1791-1833), 1830. Arr. by GEORGE KINGSLEY (1811-1884), 1838.

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Christ in Glory.

2 Angel hosts His word fulfil,
Ruling nature by His will;
Round His throne archangels pour
Songs of praise for evermore.
Yet on man they joy to wait,
All that bright celestial state;
For true man their Lord they see,
Christ, th' incarnate Deity.

3 On the throne our Lord, who died,
Sits in manhood glorified;
Where His people faint below,
Angels count it joy to go.
O the depths of joy divine,
Thrilling through those orders nine,
When the lost are found again,
When the banished come to reign.
Rev. Richard Meux Benson, 1861, Ab.
Thrice Holy.

Is. vi, 3.

1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord

God of Hosts! When Heaven and earth, Out of darkness, at Thy word, Issued into glorious birth,

All Thy works before Thee stood, And Thine eye beheld them good, While they sang with sweet accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord!

2 Holy, holy, holy! Thee, One Jehovah evermore, Father, Son, and Spirit, we,

Dust and ashes, would adore; Lightly by the world esteemed, From that world by Thee redeemed, Sing we here, with glad accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord!

3 Holy, holy, holy! All

Heaven's triumphant choir shall sing, When the ransomed nations fall

At the footstool of their King: Then shall saints and seraphim, Hearts and voices, swell one hymn, Round the throne with full accord, Holy, holy, holy Lord!

James Montgomery (1771-1854), 1836, 1853.