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Text:Holy and reverend is the Name
Author:John Needham
Tune:DEVIZES

69. Holy and reverend is the Name

1 Holy and reverend is the Name
Of our eternal King.
Thrice holy, Lord! the angels cry:
Thrice holy, let us sing.

2 Holy is he in all his works,
And saints are His delight;
But sinners and their wicked ways
Shall perish from His sight.

3 The deepest reverence of the mind
Pay, O my soul, to God;
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To His sublime abode.

4 Thou righteous God! preserve my soul
From all pollution free:
The pure in heart are Thy delight,
And they Thy face shall see.

Text Information
First Line: Holy and reverend is the Name
Author: John Needham (1768, a.)
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: God: His Majesty and Greatness
Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune #42 or #87
Tune Information
Name: DEVIZES
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major
Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Tucker



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