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Hymn

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

REGENT SQUARE · 8.7.8.7.8.7 · words from Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.) · music Henry Smart

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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence guard with on and less the He bling sleep on earth trem u its of with Cher Spreads As And bim van old fear stand; eye, way, stood, feet rank kings, mor His on of the the yet tal all Rank 2. King 1. Let 3. 4. At ser heav Ma si aph, en ry, lence, six host born flesh of wingèd of keep y less of in voice end and with the the with sing cease realms bod bles cry: day, blood; hand, they less the His lords, fac Light noth es of in ing their the of der Veil As Lord Pon scend pres ves mind As From In For ence, eth ture, ed, to light hu earth the de man ly de ly ia, a ness Lord clears heav'n to lu dark self hom le the own full age for High! way. food. mand. Most lu pow'rs give God to ia, of to le the will our Al That He Christ lu van faith scend Al As His Our ia ish ful eth, Al hell all earth the le may de Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.), 1864 REGENT SQUARE 8.7.8.7.8.7 Henry Smart, 1867
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence guard with on and less the He bling sleep on earth trem u its of with Cher Spreads As And bim van old fear stand; eye, way, stood, feet rank kings, mor His on of the the yet tal all Rank 2. King 1. Let 3. 4. At ser heav Ma si aph, en ry, lence, six host born flesh of wingèd of keep y less of in voice end and with the the with sing cease realms bod bles cry: day, blood; hand, they less the His lords, fac Light noth es of in ing their the of der Veil As Lord Pon scend pres ves mind As From In For ence, eth ture, ed, to light hu earth the de man ly de ly ia, a ness Lord clears heav'n to lu dark self hom le the own full age for High! way. food. mand. Most lu pow'rs give God to ia, of to le the will our Al That He Christ lu van faith scend Al As His Our ia ish ful eth, Al hell all earth the le may de Liturgy of St. James (4th cent.), 1864 REGENT SQUARE 8.7.8.7.8.7 Henry Smart, 1867

1.Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.

2.King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heav'nly food.

3.Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
That the pow'rs of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

4.At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

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