LYRICS
| Meter: | 6 6 8 6 6 8 3 3 6 6
| | Writer(s): | Gerhard Tersteegen
| | Transl/Adapt: | Frederick William Foster & John (Johannes) Miller (Müller)
| | Dates: | 1729,1789,1855
| | Bible Refs: | Ex 25:8
| Anglican Hymn Book 1965
| 1965
| 5
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1919
| 1919
| 454
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 1960
| 1960
| 452
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 331
| Common Praise (Anglican C. of Canada)
| 1998
| 337
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 31
| The Book of Common Praise
| 1908
| 474
| The Book of Common Praise - Revised
| 1938
| 468
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 16
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MUSIC
Alternate Tunes
| COMPTON | 6 6 8 6 6 8 3 3 6 6 | George Clement Martin |
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| 1. God reveals his presence:
let us now adore him,
and with awe appear before him.
God is in his temple:
all within keep silence,
prostrate lie with deepest reverence.
Him alone,
God we own,
him our God and Savior:
praise his Name for ever.
2. God reveals his presence:
hear the harps resounding!
See the hosts the throne surrounding!
"Holy, holy, holy,"
hear the hymn ascending,
angels saints, their voices blending!
Bow thine ear
to us here:
hear, O Christ, the praises
that thy Church now raises.
3. O thou Font of blessing,
purify my spirit,
trusting only in thy merit.
Like the holy angels
who behold thy glory,
may I ceaselessly adore thee.
Let thy will
ever still
rule thy Church terrestrial,
as the hosts celestial.
4. O majestic Being,
Were our soul and body
Thee to serve at all times ready;
Might we, like the angels
Who behold Thy glory,
In submission sink before Thee;
And through grace all our days
In our whole demeanor,
Give Thee praise and honor!
5. Lord, come dwell within us,
While on earth we tarry,
Make us Thy blest sanctuary.
O vouchsafe Thy presence,
Draw unto us nearer,
And reveal Thyself still clearer;
Us direct and protect,
Thus we in all places
Shall show forth Thy praises.
6. **alt verses
7. God reveals His presence,
Whom angelic legions
Serve with awe in heav’nly regions:
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Sing the hosts of Heaven,
Praise to God be ever given:
Condescend to attend
Graciously, O Jesus;
To our songs and praises.
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