Hymns of the Eastern ChurchJohn Mason Neale |
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... Virgin bears the Infant With Virgin - honour pure . The Word is made Incarnate , And yet remains on high : And Cherubim sing anthems To shepherds from the sky . And we with them triumphant Repeat the hymn again : " To GOD on high be ...
... Virgin bears the Infant With Virgin - honour pure . The Word is made Incarnate , And yet remains on high : And Cherubim sing anthems To shepherds from the sky . And we with them triumphant Repeat the hymn again : " To GOD on high be ...
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... Virgin - womb , Like some Cherubic throne , Containeth Him , the Uncontainable : Bears Him , Whom while they bear The Seraphs tremble : bears Him , as He comes To shower upon the world The fulness of His everlasting love . SECOND EPOCH ...
... Virgin - womb , Like some Cherubic throne , Containeth Him , the Uncontainable : Bears Him , Whom while they bear The Seraphs tremble : bears Him , as He comes To shower upon the world The fulness of His everlasting love . SECOND EPOCH ...
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... Virginity . Hence without ceasing , O most pure , Vouchsafe to call down blessing on Thy flock ! Catavasia . Thou turn'd'st the sea to land , when Thou didst whelm Pharaoh and all his host , His chariot and his horse : And ledd'st Thy ...
... Virginity . Hence without ceasing , O most pure , Vouchsafe to call down blessing on Thy flock ! Catavasia . Thou turn'd'st the sea to land , when Thou didst whelm Pharaoh and all his host , His chariot and his horse : And ledd'st Thy ...
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... Virgin's womb is HE ; The Lamb of Whom His faithful people eat ; Our truer Passover from blemish free ; Our very GOD , Whose Name is all complete . This yearling Lamb , our sacrifice most blest , Our glorious Crown , for all men freely ...
... Virgin's womb is HE ; The Lamb of Whom His faithful people eat ; Our truer Passover from blemish free ; Our very GOD , Whose Name is all complete . This yearling Lamb , our sacrifice most blest , Our glorious Crown , for all men freely ...
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... virginity unbroken , And op'st the gates of heaven to sons of earth . Thou , Sacrifice ineffable and living , Didst to the FATHER , by Thyself atone As GOD eternal : resurrection giving To Adam , general parent , by Thine own . ODE VII ...
... virginity unbroken , And op'st the gates of heaven to sons of earth . Thou , Sacrifice ineffable and living , Didst to the FATHER , by Thyself atone As GOD eternal : resurrection giving To Adam , general parent , by Thine own . ODE VII ...
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Adam adore Angel blest Canon Catavasia Cento CHRIST is risen commemorated compositions Constantine Constantine Pogonatus Constantinople Cosmas Council of Nicæa Creation bless cry with heart's death didst dost thou earth earthly Eastern Church ecclesiastical poetry eternal evermore Exult faith Fathers gladness glorious glory grace Gregory Nazianzen Habakkuk heart's endeavour hearts Heav'n heavenly Hirmos Holy art Thou hymn Hymnographers Iconoclastic Icons Idiomela Image Men immortality Incarnate Jerusalem JESUS John Damascene King Leo the Armenian Let all Creation light LORD magnify His Name Manichæism Martyrs mercy mighty Monarch Monotheletism mortal o'er Octoechus ODE VIII Pascha Patriarch Tarasius peace Pentecostarion poet praise Priest Quinquagesima raise Resurrection Saints shalt sing song sorrow soul SPIRIT stanzas STICHERA Studium Sunday Synaxarion Thee Theodore Thine Thou art bless'd throne to-day tomb Triodion Troparia troparion victory Virgin Wherefore we cry wondrous WORD ἐκ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸν τῶν
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Page 27 - Christian, dost thou hear them, How they speak thee fair, "Always fast and vigil, Always watch and prayer?" Christian, answer boldly, "While I breathe I pray!
Page 87 - If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay ? " Not till earth and not till heaven Pass away.
Page 26 - Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the troops of Midian Prowl and prowl around ? Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain but loss; Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross.
Page 130 - Safe home, safe home in port ! — Rent cordage, shattered deck, Torn sails, provisions short, And only not a wreck...
Page 86 - Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my guide ? " In His feet and hands are wound-prints, And His side.
Page 40 - With hymns of victory. 2 Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see aright The Lord in rays eternal Of resurrection-light ; And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plain His own " All hail," and hearing, May raise the victor strain.
Page 40 - Now let the heavens be joyful ; Let earth her song begin ; Let the round world keep triumph, And all that is therein...
Page 63 - THOSE eternal bowers Man hath never trod, Those unfading flowers Round the throne of GOD. Who may hope to gain them After weary fight ? Who at length attain them Clad in robes of white ? He, who gladly barters All on earthly ground ; He who, like the martyrs, Says ' I will be crowned ' : He, whose one oblation Is a life of love ; Clinging to the nation Of the blest above.
Page 137 - Still let them succour us ; still let them fight, LORD of Angelic hosts, battling for right ; Till, where their anthems they ceaselessly pour, We with the Angels may bow and adore.
Page 3 - The toils of day are over : I raise the hymn to thee ; And ask that free from peril The hours of fear may be.