Scripture Verse

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6:3

Introduction

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Richard Mant (1776–1848)

Words: Ri­chard Mant, An­cient Hymns from the Ro­man Bre­vi­ary (Lon­don: J. G. & F. Riv­ing­ton, 1837), num­ber 100.

Music: Red­head No. 46 Ri­chard Red­head, Church Hymn Tunes 1853 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Richard Redhead (1820–1901)

Lyrics

Bright the vi­sion that de­light­ed
Once the sight of Ju­dah’s seer,
Sweet the count­less tongues unit­ed
To en­trance the pro­phet’s ear.

Round the Lord in glo­ry seat­ed
Cherubim and se­ra­phim
Filled His tem­ple, and re­peat­ed
Each to each the al­ter­nate hymn.

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

Heaven is still with glo­ry ring­ing,
Earth takes up the an­gels’ cry,
Holy, ho­ly, ho­ly, sing­ing,
Lord of hosts, the Lord most high.

Ever thus in God’s high prais­es,
Brethren, let our tongues unite;
Chief the heart when du­ty rais­es
God-ward at His mys­tic rite.

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

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

Thus Thy glo­ri­ous name con­fess­ing,
We adopt Thy an­gels’ cry,
Holy, ho­ly, ho­ly, bless­ing
Thee the Lord of hosts most high!