Scripture Verse

Unto the King eternal…be honor and glory for ever and ever. 1 Timothy 1:17

Introduction

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Raymond D. Mallary (1851–1911)

Words: Au­thor un­known, 6th Cen­tu­ry (Te De­um lau­da­mus). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Engl­ish by James E. Mil­lard in the De­vout Chor­is­ter, by T. F. Smith, 1848.

Music: Mal­la­ry Ray­mond D. Mal­la­ry, 1901 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mil­lard (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

God eter­nal, migh­ty King,
Unto Thee our praise we bring;
All the earth doth wor­ship Thee;
We amid the throng would be.
Holy, ho­ly, ho­ly! cry
Angels, round Thy throne on high
Lord of all the heav’n­ly pow’rs,
Be the same loud an­them ours.

Glorified apos­tles raise
Night and day, con­tin­ual praise;
Hast not Thou a mis­sion, too,
For Thy child­ren here to do?
With the pro­phets’ good­ly line
We in mys­tic bond com­bine;
For Thou hast to babes re­vealed
Things that to the wise were sealed.

Martyrs, in a no­ble host,
Of the cross are heard to boast;
Oh, that we our cross may bear,
And a crown of glo­ry wear.
God eter­nal, migh­ty King,
Unto Thee our praise we bring;
To the Fa­ther, and the Son,
And the Spi­rit, Three in One.