The Adorable Trinity In Unity

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1 MEET 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 with sweet accord, All in one thanksgiving join!

Holy, holy, holy Lord, Eternal praise be Thine.

2 Father, God, Thy love we praise, Which gave Thy Son to die;

Jesus, full of truth and grace, Alike we glorify:

Spirit, Comforter divine, Praise by all to Thee be given, Till we in full chorus join, And earth is turn'd to heaven.

Charles Wesley, 1748.

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1 BLESS'D be the Father, and His love, To whose celestial source we owe Rivers of endless joy above, And rills of comfort here below.

2 Glory to Thee, great Son of God! From whose dear wounded body rolls A precious stream of vital blood, Pardon and life for dying souls.

3 We give Thee, sacred Spirit, praise, Who in our hearts of sin and woe Makes living springs of grace arise, And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, we adore; That sea of life and love unknown, Without a bottom or a shore.

Isaac Watts, 1709.

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PRAISE God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Thomas Ken, 1697.

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1 GLORY to God the Father's name, Who, from our sinful race, Chose out His favourites to proclaim The honours of His grace.

2 Glory to God the Son be paid, Who dwelt in humble clay, And, to redeem us from the dead, Gave His own life away.

3 Glory to God the Spirit give, From whose almighty power Our souls their heavenly birth derive, And bless the happy hour.

4 Glory to God that reigns above, The eternal Three in One, Who by the wonders of His love Has made His nature known.

Isaac Watts, 1709.

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GIVE glory to God, ye children of men, And publish abroad, again and again, The Son's glorious merit, the Father's free grace, The gift of the Spirit, to Adam's lost race.

Joseph Hart, 1762.

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1 GLORY to the Almighty Father, Fountain of eternal love, Who, His wandering sheep to gather, Sent a Saviour from above.

2 To the Son all praise be given, Who with love unknown before, Left the bright abode of heaven, And our sins and sorrows bore.

3 Equal strains of warm devotion Let the Spirit's praise employ, Author of each holy motion, Source of wisdom, peace, and joy.

4 Thus while our glad hearts ascending Glorify Jehovah's name, Heavenly songs with ours are blending, There the theme is still the same.

William Hiley Bathurst 1831.