Be present, Holy Trinity

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1. Be present, Holy Trinity,
Like splendor, and one Deity:
Of things above, and things below,
Beginning, that no end shall know.

2. Thee all the armies of the sky
Adore, and laud, and magnify;
And nature, in her triple frame,
Forever sanctifies Thy name.

3. And we, too, thanks and homage pay,
Thine own adoring flock today;
O join to that celestial song
The praises of our suppliant throng!

4. Light, sole and one, we Thee confess,
With triple praise we rightly bless;
Alpha and Omega we own,
With every spirit round Thy throne.

5. To Thee, O unbegotten One,
And Thee, O sole begotten Son,
And Thee, O Holy Ghost, we raise
Our equal and eternal praise.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #610

Translator: J. M. Neale

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Text Information

First Line: Be present, Holy Trinity
Latin Title: Adesto, sancta Trinitas
Translator: J. M. Neale
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Source: 11th Century
Language: English
Notes: Author unknown. Altered.
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Adesto sancta Trinitas. [Holy Trinity .] The authorship of this short hymn on the Holy Trinity is unknown. Its earliest form is in a manuscript of the 11th century, in the British Museum (Vesp. D. xii. f. 1156) printed in the Latin Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 1851, p. 161. Amongst the English Breviaries it is in those of York, Hereford, and Sarum; on the Continent, those of Mainz and Basel; and also in those of the Orders of the Carmelites, Dominicans, and Fratres Humiliati; but withRead More

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The Cyber Hymnal #610

The Summit Choirbook #134

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