Chase from our minds th' infernal foe,
And peace, the fruit of love, bestow;
Make us eternal truth receive,
And practise all that we believe;
Give us Thyself that we may see
The Father and the Son by Thee.
Immortal honour, endless fame
Attend th' Almighty Father's Name;
The Saviour Son be glorified,
Who for lost man's redemption died,
And equal adoration be,
Eternal Paraclete, to Thee.
BEATA NOBIS GAUDIA.
AGAIN the circling seasons tell
The blest and joyous hour,
When erst upon th' Apostles fell
The Spirit's hallowing shower.
In flame-drops lights the thrilling fire;
A tongue its mystic form,
Each mouth with wisdom to inspire,
With love each heart to warm.
In every tongue their voice is heard;
The Gentiles tremble round;
The hearts in whom the Spirit stirr'd,
They deem in new wine drown'd.
"Tis all in mighty mystery done;
The Paschal season past,
The Pentecostal days outrun,
Remission comes at last.
To Thee, All-pitying Lord, we pray,
To earth, before Thee, bend,
Thy Spirit Blest from Heaven this day
On us Thy suppliants send.
The hymn, Creator Spirit, will serve for the first hymn for Erensong.
WHEN God of old came down from Heaven,
In power and wrath He came;
Before His feet the clouds were riven,
Half darkness and half flame:
But when He came the second time,
He came in power and love,
Softer than gale at morning prime
Hover'd His Holy Dove.
The fires that rushed on Sinai down
In sudden torrents dread,
Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.
Like arrows went those lightnings forth,
Winged with the sinner's doom,
But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth
Proclaiming life to come:
And as on Israel's awe-struck ear
The voice exceeding loud,
The trump, that angels quake to hear,
Thrill'd from the deep dark cloud.
So when the Spirit of our God
Came down His flock to find,
A voice from Heaven was heard abroad,
A rushing, mighty wind.
It fills the Church of God; it fills
The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.
Come Father, Spirit, Word of Power,
Open our ears to hear;
Let us not miss th' accepted hour;
Save, Lord, by love or fear.
Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week.
The hymn, Again the circling seasons, and the hymn, Our God in glory, used at Evensong for the first Sunday after Easter, will serve for these days.
THE Father God we glorify,
E'en Him Who arched the vaulted sky,
Who mighty earth's circumference spanned,
And weighed its waters in His hand;
Gave life unto each living thing,
Created man their earthly king,
Then gave His Son for man to die;
The Father God we glorify.
Give glory to the Son Who came
Clothed in our fleshly mortal frame,
Who bore our sins, vouchsafed to give
Himself to die, that we might live;
Who, holy, harmless, undefil'd,
Was patient, spurned; was dumb, revil'd;
Is perfect God and Man in one;
Give glory to th' Incarnate Son.
Give glory to the Holy Ghost
Who, on the day of Pentecost,
From Heaven to earth in mercy came,
Descending as in tongues of flame;
The promised Comforter and Guide
Through Whom the soul is sanctified;
Ye saints on earth, ye heavenly host,
Give glory to the Holy Ghost.
Join all on earth, in Heaven above,
In honour, blessing, glory, love;
Sing praises to the Father Lord,
Sing praises to th' Incarnate Word,
Sing praises to that Power Divine
Who sanctifies the inner shrine;
Yea, every creature glorify
The Trinity in Unity.
God of our health, our Life and Light,
That Thou hast purified our sight;
The truth Thy sacred words express,
To see, receive, believe, confess;
Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee,
Lord God Almighty, One and Three!
That washed in Thy thrice Holy Name,
A new relation thence we claim,
And born by nature sons of earth,
Thence share by grace a heavenly birth;
Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee,
Lord God Almighty, One and Three!
That thence we worship Thee alone,
And Whom our vows baptismal own,
To Thee the prayer of faith we bring,
To Thee the song of glory sing;
Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee,
Lord God Almighty, One and Three!
That thence the course we're trained to run
Of goodness, at Thy font begun,
Our Saviour's Cross to keep in view,
His faith confess, His steps pursue;
Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee,
Lord God Almighty, One and Three!
O Holy, Holy, Holy Thou,
God of our health, preserve us now
Firm in Thy worship, fear and love,
That we may see Thy face above,
And there our thanks still hymn to Thee,
Lord God Almighty, One and Three!
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