HOLY and reverend is the name
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
11 words changed · 1 stanza only in Hymns and Tunes 1886 #29
Verse 1
HOLY and reverend is the name
Of our eternal King; ;
Thrice holy Lord! ! the angels cry; ;
Thrice holy! ! let us sing.
Verse 1
HOLY and reverend is the name
Of our eternal King;
Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry;
Thrice holy! let us sing.
Verse 2
The deepest reverence of the mind,
Pay, O my soul! ! to God; ;
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.
Verse 2
The deepest reverence of the mind,
Pay, O my soul! to God;
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.
Verse 3
With sacred awe pronounce his name
Whom words nor thoughts can reach; ;
A broken heart shall please him more
Than the best forms of speech.
Verse 3
With sacred awe pronounce his name
Whom words nor thoughts can reach;
A broken heart shall please him more
Than noblest forms of speech.
Verse 4
Thou holy God, ! preserve our souls
From all pollution free; ;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shall see.
Verse 4
Thou holy God, preserve our souls
From all pollution free;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shall see.
Not in this version
Verse 5
Till then thy service shall be ours,
Thy praise our constant theme;
We'll worship thee with all our powers,
Whose mercy doth redeem.