Doxology.
“Glory be to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.”
—Prayer Book.
“Glory to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!”—
Ocean of truth! In Thy deep waves are lost
All souls which dare rebellious be;
Or, anchor'd not on Deity,
Would seek on thrones of earth-born will to reign,
And finite heaven by godless freedom gain.
Glory to One in Three, and Three in One!
Boundless Triune of BEING unbegun!
Creation, providence, and grace
Here find a sacramental place,—
Which is, to shadow forth The Name Divine,
Token and type of all in Thee, and Thine.
Hosannah! round the Universe there rolls
In three-toned echo for those heaven-taught souls,
Who from that eucharistic hymn
Chanted by Glory's cherubim,
Catch wafted meanings, whose melodious sway
Soothes the harsh discord of life's perill'd day.
Ancient of Hymns! Creation's virgin prime
Heard from a starry choir
thy burst sublime,
Pealing on high, like paschal mirth
Rejoicing o'er the new-born Earth:
Such was it, is, and ever shall remain,—
The ceaseless worship of that choral strain!
All holy Consciousness of light, and love,
The Saints below, the Seraphim above,—
Co-equal in high majesty,
Eternal in full harmony,
A Three in One through heaven and earth proclaim,
And find the Truth and Trinity the same.
Creed, Chant, Confession,—do not all and each
Blend in those words, and God to Manhood teach,
Which speak of Father, Son, and Spirit
Whom in the Church our souls inherit,
When, christen'd by His Trinitarian
grace
God calls His children an adopted race?
Thus, hymn we Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Whose mercy gives far more than Adam lost,
And now, with echoing hearts adore
Those we shall laud for evermore:—
Time limits prayer, but praise eternal is,
The life of Glory, and the law of Bliss.
