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All Saints.
FIRST VESPERS.
Need it is we raise our eyes
Up from earth toward the skies;
Thinking of the Saints that rest
After toil in Abraham's breast;
Lest we faint, in our distress,
Through exceeding heaviness.
Up from earth toward the skies;
Thinking of the Saints that rest
After toil in Abraham's breast;
Lest we faint, in our distress,
Through exceeding heaviness.
Thee in them, O Lord Most High,
Them in Thee we glorify:
Thine Apostles, worthy found
Of the keys that loosed and bound;
And the Truth, that none resists,
Of Thine own Evangelists;
Them in Thee we glorify:
Thine Apostles, worthy found
Of the keys that loosed and bound;
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Of Thine own Evangelists;
And Thy Athletes, that went Home
Through the sea of Martyrdom;
And the Saints, through toil and shame,
Brave Confessors of Thy Name;
And the Doctors, helped from high
In confounding heresy;
Through the sea of Martyrdom;
And the Saints, through toil and shame,
Brave Confessors of Thy Name;
And the Doctors, helped from high
In confounding heresy;
And the Teachers, sent to win
To the faith, the realms of sin;
And the Bishops, now with Thee;
And the Virgins' Purity;
And the Priests, Thy Truth's defence;
And all holy Innocents.
To the faith, the realms of sin;
And the Bishops, now with Thee;
And the Virgins' Purity;
And the Priests, Thy Truth's defence;
And all holy Innocents.
Glory, Lord, to Thee alone,
Who hast glorified Thine own;
For their zeal, their truth, their sighs,
Prayerful hearts and tearful eyes,
Faithful lips and fearless breast,
Love and beauty, toils and rest!
Who hast glorified Thine own;
For their zeal, their truth, their sighs,
Prayerful hearts and tearful eyes,
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Love and beauty, toils and rest!
Let their praises, Threefold King,
Let the blessed Hymn they sing,
Some, though faintest, echo gain
In our own poor broken strain:
Till one day shall join all powers
In One Anthem—theirs and ours.
Let the blessed Hymn they sing,
Some, though faintest, echo gain
In our own poor broken strain:
Till one day shall join all powers
In One Anthem—theirs and ours.
Amen.
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