The Sanctuary A Companion in Verse for the English Prayer Book. By Robert Montgomery |
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Collect for the Queen.
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Collect for the Queen.
“Duly considering Whose authority she hath.”
—Prayer Book.
To this low earth by God are given
Shadows of wondrous things in heaven;
And by them dim-eyed Man is taught
To educate regen'rate thought,
And rise, by Truth's ascending scale,
To where in light and life prevail
Those archetypes of perfect bliss
Which in the breast of Godhead dwell:—
And Christ ordain'd a creed like this
His Church should hold, and guard it well.
Shadows of wondrous things in heaven;
And by them dim-eyed Man is taught
To educate regen'rate thought,
And rise, by Truth's ascending scale,
To where in light and life prevail
Those archetypes of perfect bliss
Which in the breast of Godhead dwell:—
And Christ ordain'd a creed like this
His Church should hold, and guard it well.
Vast Nature in her varied path
A sacramental meaning hath;
Soil, air and sun, and moon and sea
Are parable and poetry
Divinely-touch'd with teaching powers,
To symbolise in sacred hours
Mysterious works which God and grace
Are in the realm of Spirit acting,
Till earth becomes a hallow'd place
An endless liturgy transacting.
A sacramental meaning hath;
Soil, air and sun, and moon and sea
Are parable and poetry
Divinely-touch'd with teaching powers,
To symbolise in sacred hours
Mysterious works which God and grace
Are in the realm of Spirit acting,
Till earth becomes a hallow'd place
An endless liturgy transacting.
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Why marvel, then, that King and Queen
Have ever in our temples been
Enshrined, amid due praise and prayer,
And hymn'd in high memorials, there?
Since regal power reflects to man
A scepter'd image of that plan
Where Monarchy Incarnate rules.—
Thus, kingly brows our faith reveres,
And by obedience conscience schools
A loyal heart for higher spheres.
Have ever in our temples been
Enshrined, amid due praise and prayer,
And hymn'd in high memorials, there?
Since regal power reflects to man
A scepter'd image of that plan
Where Monarchy Incarnate rules.—
Thus, kingly brows our faith reveres,
And by obedience conscience schools
A loyal heart for higher spheres.
The witchcraft of rebellion,
Lord,
Is blasted by thy searing Word!
“The Powers that be” from heaven derive
Sanctions, from whence they fitly strive
To helm the pride of lawless will
And bid fraternal Man fulfil
All duties awful justice owns,
Which bind us each to each in love:—
And hence, we learn from human thrones
To bend before The Throne above.
Is blasted by thy searing Word!
“The Powers that be” from heaven derive
Sanctions, from whence they fitly strive
To helm the pride of lawless will
And bid fraternal Man fulfil
All duties awful justice owns,
Which bind us each to each in love:—
And hence, we learn from human thrones
To bend before The Throne above.
Princes involve a public Heart
Where empires own a vital part;
The type, the standard, and the tone
Of morals,—in them myriads own,
And as they seem to rise or fall
Virtues or vices sway us all:
Thus, Church and State in concord meet,
Act and re-act, for weal or woe,
And saints around the Mercy-seat
To both express how much they owe.
Where empires own a vital part;
The type, the standard, and the tone
Of morals,—in them myriads own,
And as they seem to rise or fall
Virtues or vices sway us all:
Thus, Church and State in concord meet,
Act and re-act, for weal or woe,
And saints around the Mercy-seat
To both express how much they owe.
Lord of all Lords, Thou King of Kings,
Whose Throne around that anthem rings
Whose sempiternal lauds proclaim
That Holy! Holy! is Thy Name,—
Shield Thine adoring Church who prays,
And lifts to Thee her asking gaze.
In Thy dread Hand
imperial hearts
Are beating, for mysterious sway;
And secret grace a power imparts
To keep the pure and perfect way.
Whose Throne around that anthem rings
Whose sempiternal lauds proclaim
That Holy! Holy! is Thy Name,—
Shield Thine adoring Church who prays,
And lifts to Thee her asking gaze.
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Are beating, for mysterious sway;
And secret grace a power imparts
To keep the pure and perfect way.
And while Britannia's ancient crown
Beams o'er the world with bright renown,
Let thought and will, and word and deed
So in the light of Law proceed,
That Monarchy in heart and mind
To God and glory be inclined:
For then will Church and Crown express
Distinct but undivided worth,
And mercies brighten while they bless
The Land of their associate birth.
Beams o'er the world with bright renown,
Let thought and will, and word and deed
So in the light of Law proceed,
That Monarchy in heart and mind
To God and glory be inclined:
For then will Church and Crown express
Distinct but undivided worth,
And mercies brighten while they bless
The Land of their associate birth.
The first of Subjects,
as of Kings,—
Emmanuel His obedience brings
To awe rebellion into dread
By fury or by faction led,
When rampant wills that Law decline
Which proved, O Lord! perfection Thine:
Rather by meekness let us learn
Man's crowning grace in Christ to see,
And from His life this law discern,—
Obedience is true liberty.
Emmanuel His obedience brings
To awe rebellion into dread
By fury or by faction led,
When rampant wills that Law decline
Which proved, O Lord! perfection Thine:
Rather by meekness let us learn
Man's crowning grace in Christ to see,
And from His life this law discern,—
Obedience is true liberty.
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