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| 1 | Angel voices, ever singing | 2 | Thou who art beyond the farthest | ||||||
| Round Thy throne of light — | Mortal eye can scan, | ||||||||
| Angel harps, for ever ringing, | Can it be that thou regardest | ||||||||
| Rest not day nor night; | Songs of sinful man? | ||||||||
| Thousands only live to bless Thee, | Can we know that Thou wilt hear us | ||||||||
| And confess Thee, | And art near us? | ||||||||
| Lord of might! | Yea, we can. | ||||||||
| 3 | Yea, we know Thy love rejoices | 4 | Here, Great God, to-day we offer | ||||||
| O'er each work of thine; | Of Thine own to Thee, | ||||||||
| Thou didst ears and hands and voices | And for Thine acceptance proffer, | ||||||||
| For Thy praise design. | All unworthily, | ||||||||
| Craftsman's art and music's measure | Hearts, and minds, and hands, and | ||||||||
| For Thy pleasure | voices, | ||||||||
| All combine. | In our choicest | ||||||||
| Melody. | |||||||||
| 5 | Honour, glory, might and merit, | |||
| Thine for ever be, | ||||
| Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, | ||||
| Blessèd Trinity! | ||||
| Of the best that Thou hast given, | ||||
| Earth and heaven | ||||
| Render Thee! Amen. | ||||
| Francis Pott, 1832 - 1909. | ||||
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