Choir Recordings

 

Forth in your name, O Lord, I go,
my daily labour to pursue,
thee only thee resolved to know
in all I think or speak or do.

The task thy wisdom has assigned
O let me cheerfully fulfill;
in all my works thy presence find,
and prove thy good and perfect will.

Thee may I set at my right hand,
whose eyes my inmost substance see,
and labour on at thy command
and offer all my works to thee.

Give me to bear thy easy yoke,
and every moment watch and pray,
and still to things eternal look
and hasten to thy glorious day.

For thee delightfully employ
Whate’er thy bounteous grace has given,
and run my course with even joy,
and closely walk with thee to heaven.

Bright the vision that delighted
Once the sight of Judah’s seer;
Sweet the countless tongues united
To entrance the prophet’s ear.

Round the Lord in glory seated
Cherubim and seraphim
Filled his temple, and repeated
Each to each the alternate hymn:

‘Lord, your glory fills the heaven;
Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto you be glory given,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord.’

Heaven is still with glory ringing,
Earth takes up the angels’ cry,
‘Holy, Holy, Holy,’ singing,
‘Lord of hosts, the Lord most high.’

With his seraph train before him,
With his holy Church below,
Thus conspire we to adore him,
Bid we thus our anthem flow:

‘Lord your glory fills the heaven;
Earth is with its fullness stored;
Unto you be glory given,
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord.’

 

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.

Sicut cervus – Palestrina

Psalm 104