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Text:How shall I sing that majesty
Author:John Mason, c. 1645-1694
Tune:SOLL'S SEIN

296. How shall I sing that majesty

1 How shall I sing that majesty
which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie;
sing, sing, ye heav'enly choir.
Thousands of thousands stand around
thy throne, O God most high;
ten thousand times ten thousand sound
thy praise; but who am I?

2 Thy brightness unto them appears,
whilst I thy footsteps trace;
a sound of God comes to my ears,
but they behold thy face.
They sing, because thou art their Sun;
Lord, send a beam on me;
for where heav'n is but once begun
there alleluias be.

3 How great a being, Lord, is thine,
which doth all beings keep!
Thy knowledge is the only line
to sound so vast a deep.
Thou art a sea without a shore,
a sun without a sphere;
thy time is now and evermore,
thy place is ev'rywhere.

Text Information
First Line: How shall I sing that majesty
Title: How shall I sing that majesty
Author: John Mason, c. 1645-1694
Meter: DCM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2000
Scripture: ;
Topic: Joy, Praise and Thanksgiving; Year A: All Saints' Day; Year B: Proper 24 (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SOLL'S SEIN
Meter: DCM
Key: F Major
Source: Corner's "Geistliche Nachtigall" (1649)



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