The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4041

4041. Let Thine Example

1. Let thine example, holy John, remind us,
Ere we can meetly sing thy deeds of wonder,
Hearts must be chastened, and the bonds that bind us
Broken asunder!

2. Lo! a swift angel, from the skies descending,
Tells to thy father what shall be thy naming;
All thy life’s greatness to its bitter ending
Duly proclaiming.

3. But when he doubted what the angel told him
Came to him dumbness to confirm the story;
At thine appearing, healed again behold him,
Chanting thy glory!

4. Oh! what a splendor and a revelation
Came to each mother, at thy joyful leaping,
Greeting thy Monarch, King of every nation,
In the womb sleeping.

5. Angels in orders everlasting praise Thee,
God, in Thy triune majesty tremendous,
Hark to the prayers we, penitents, upraise Thee:
Save and defend us.

Text Information

• First Line: Let thine example, holy John, remind us
• Title: Let Thine Example
• Latin Title: Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
• Author: Paul the Deacon (8th Century)
• Translator (from Latin): Richard E. Roberts
• Meter: 11.11.11.5
• Language: English
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 223
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ISTE CONFESSOR
• Meter: 11.11.11.5
• Incipit: 15345 12343 21153
• Key: d minor
• Source: Poitier Antiphoner, 1746
• Copyright: Public Domain