Traditional Praise Songs

Come Holy Ghost

1.

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,

And in our hearts take up thy rest;

Come with thy grace and heav’nly aid

To fill the hearts which thou hast made;

To fill the hearts which thou hast made.

2.

O Comforter, to thee we cry,

Thou heav’nly gift of God most high;

Thou font of life and fire of love,

And sweet anointing from above;

And sweet anointing from above.

3.

Praise be to thee, Father and Son,

And Holy Spirit, with them one;

And may the Son on us bestow

The gifts that from the Spirit flow;

 

The gifts that from the Spirit flow.

 

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones 

1.

Ye watchers and ye holy ones,

Bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones,

Raise the glad strain, Alleluia!

Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,

Virtues, archangels, angels’ choirs,

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

2.

O higher than the cherubim,

More glorious than the seraphim,

Lead their praises, Alleluia!

O bearer of the eternal Word.

Most gracious, magnify the Lord,

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

3.

Respond, ye souls in endless rest,

Ye patriarchs and prophets blest,

Alleluia, Alleluia!

Ye holy Twelve, ye martyrs strong,

All saints triumphant, raise in song,

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

4.

O friends, in gladness let us sing,

Celestial anthems echoing,

Alleluia, Alleluia!

To God the Father, God the Son,

And God the Spirit, Three-in-One,

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

 

HOLY HOLY HOLY 

1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee
perfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessed Trinity!

GOD WE PRAISE YOU 

1 God, we praise you! God, we bless you!
God, we name you sovereign Lord!
Mighty King whom angels worship,
Father, by your church adored:
all creation shows your glory,
heaven and earth draw near your throne
singing 'Holy, holy, holy,
Lord of hosts, and God alone!'

2 True apostles, faithful prophets,
saints who set their world ablaze,
martyrs, once unknown, unheeded,
join one growing song of praise,
while your church on earth confesses
one majestic Trinity:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
God, our hope eternally.

3 Jesus Christ, the King of glory,
everlasting Son of God,
humble was your virgin mother,
hard the lonely path you trod:
by your cross is sin defeated,
hell confronted face to face,
heaven opened to believers,
sinners justified by grace.

4 Christ, at God's right hand victorious,
you will judge the world you made;
Lord, in mercy help your servants
for whose freedom you have paid:
raise us up from dust to glory,
guard us from all sin today;
King enthroned above all praises,
save your people, God, we pray.

Christopher Idle from Te Deum
© Christopher Idle/Jubilate Hymns Ltd
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 SALVE REGINA 

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae:
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
Ad te clamamus, exsules, filii Hevae.
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
in hac lacrimarum valle.
Eia ergo, Advocata nostra,
illos tuos misericordes oculos
ad nos converte.
Et Iesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
nobis, post hoc exsilium ostende.
O clemens: O pia: O dulcis
Virgo Maria.