Religion
Hymns on the Trinity, 104
From Hymns on the Trinity (1767) · Osborn ed., vol. 7 (1870)
The Lord bless thee and keep thee:
The Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious
unto thee:
The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee
peace.
Jehovah, God the Father, bless,
And Thy own work defend,
With mercy's outstretch'd arms embrace,
And keep us to the end:
Preserve the creatures of Thy love.
By providential care
Conducted to the realms above
To sing Thy goodness there.
Jehovah, God the Son, reveal
The brightness of Thy face,
And all Thy pardon'd people fill
With plenitude of grace:
Shine forth with all the Deity
Which dwells in Thee alone,
And lift us up Thy face to see
On Thine eternal throne.
Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine,
Father and Son to show,
With bliss ineffable Divine
Our ravish'd hearts o'ernow;
Sure earnest of the happiness
Which human thought transcends,
Be Thou our everlasting peace,
When grace in glory ends.
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Thy blessing, grace, and peace we claim,
Great God in persons three,
The incommunicable name
Ascribing now to Thee:
We soon shall join that harping host,
And sing, Thy saints among,
To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The new, eternal song.
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