1 HYMNAL. I.-GOD. 1112,1210. Ir. "They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy." 1 HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blesséd Trinity. 2 Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. 3 Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea; Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blesséd Trinity. Bishop Reginald Heber. 1827. 2 "The Lord, not far from every one of us." 1 FATHER and Friend, thy light, thy love, Beaming through all thy works we see; Thy glory gilds the heavens above, And all the earth is full of thee. 2 Thy voice we hear, thy presence feel, Whilst thou, too pure for mortal sight, Involved in clouds, invisible, Reignest the Lord of life and light. L.M. 3 We know not in what hallowed part 4 And through the various ways of time, And all thy wondrous footsteps trace. 5 Thy children shall not faint or fear, Sir John Bowring. 1824. 88,88,88. 3 "Search me, O God, and know my heart.” 1 SEARCHER of hearts, to thee are known Thou mark'st my rising and my rest, 4 2 How from thy presence should I go, 3 How precious are thy thoughts of peace, They were, they are, and yet shall come; 4 Search me, O God, and know my heart; James Montgomery. 1822. 77,77,77,77. 'Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts." 1 HOLY, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, when heaven and earth, Issued into glorious birth, All thy works before thee stood, 2 Holy, holy, holy, thee, One Jehovah evermore, Father, Son, and Spirit, we, 5 Lightly by the world esteemed, 3 Holy, holy, holy, all Heaven's triumphant choirs shall sing, At the footstool of their King: James Montgomery. 1836. "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth." 1 O LORD, how good, how great art thou, 2 When glorious in the nightly sky 3 To him thou hourly deign'st to give Didst quit thy throne with him to live, 4 Close to thine own bright seraphim And all beside are serving him, C.M. |