Holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.
Isaiah 6:3
Words: Anonymous, in Voices of Praise, edited by Charles L. Hutchins (Boston, Massachusetts: Ditson, 1883), number 155.
Music: Blenheim Palace Alfred G. Mortimer, 1879 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Mortimer (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Round the throne of glory,
Circling cherubim
Raise their hallowed voices
In the sacred hymn.
True their notes are blended,
Loud the strains they raise;
Through the courts eternal
Rolls the song of praise.
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Holy, holy, holy,
Blessèd Trinity!
Heav’n and earth are fillèd
With Thy majesty!
Earth hath many voices
Blended with the sea,
Pealing forth the anthem
Of their praise to Thee;
Night and day it rises,
Mingling with the song,
Which these sacred singers
Endlessly prolong.
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One our heavenly Father,
Round whose throne we meet,
One our great Redeemer
One our Paraclete;
Bound in living union,
By one holy tie,
In Thy sacred presence,
Triune God, we cry:
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Raise the hymn of triumph,
Heav’n and earth and sea;
Roll your thousand voices
Forth in harmony:
Voices young and agèd,
Voices grand in song,
Blend them, singers holy,
Loud the strain prolong.
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