THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
C. Guiet, 1601–64. Tr. I. Williams‡.
Patris aeterni suboles coaeva.
O WORD of God above,
Who fillest all in all,
Hallow this house with thy sure love,
And bless our festival
2 Grace in this font is stored
To cleanse each guilty child;
The Spirits blest anointing poured
Brightens the once defiled.
3 Here Christ of his own Blood
Himself the chalice gives,
And feeds his own with Angels’ food,
On which the spirit lives
4 For guilty souls that pine
Sure mercies here abound,
And healing grace with oil and wine
For every secret wound.
5 God from his throne afar,
Comes in this house to dwell;
And prayer, beyond the evening star,
Builds here her citadel.
Unison. 6. All might, all praise be thine,
The God whom all adore;
The Father, Son, and Spirit divine,
Both now and evermore. Amen.
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