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Blessed are you the |God of .our |forebears:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.
Blessed is your holy and |glorious| name:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.

Blessed are you, glorious in your | holy |temple:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.
Blessed are you who be|hold the| depths:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.

Blessed are you on the |throne of . your | kingdom:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.
Blessed are you in the |heights of| heaven:
worthy to be |praised . and ex|alted for| ever.

1  Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

2  Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
God everlasting, through eternity.

3  Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee
perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.

4  Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

[Short Improvisation]

1  O Breath of life, come sweeping through us,
revive your church with life and pow’r;
O Breath of Life, come, cleanse, renew us,
and fit your church to meet this hour.

2  O Wind of God, come bend us, break us,
till humbly we confess our need;
then in your tenderness remake us,
revive, restore, for this we plead.

3  O Breath of love, come breathe within us,
renewing thought and will and heart;
come, Love of Christ, afresh to win us,
revive your church in ev’ry part.