Praise the mystic Three in One

1*
God, the first-born sons of light,
In choral symphonies,
Praise by day, day without night,
And never, never cease.
Angels, and archangels, all
Praise the mystic Three in One.
Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall
Overwhelmed before your throne.

2
A thousand oracles divine
Their common tongues unite,
That sinners may with angels join,
To worship God aright.

3
Triumphant host! they never cease
To laud and magnify
The triune God of holiness,
Whose glory fills the sky.

4*
Good and right it is to sing,
In every time and place,
Glory to our heavenly King,
The God of truth and grace.
Join we then the sweet accord,
Beneath the circuit of the sun,
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
Praise the mystic Three in One.

5
By faith the upper choir we meet,
And join with them to sing
Jehovah, on his shining seat,
Our Maker and our King.

6
As God, made flesh, is wholly ours,
We’ll praise as best we can
The Father of celestial powers,
The Friend of earth-born man.

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Charles Wesley, 1707-88,
2 Wesley hymns blended;
alt. Littlerood, 2014
adapted from Hymns for the M. E. Church, 1855; #22 & #95
*(1 & 4) meter: 76, 76, 77, 77; others C.M.
the joy and duty of saints to join with angels in the sincere worship of God Triune

—old song in need of a new tune

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