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Let all mortal flesh keep silence

324

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

87. 87. 87

Modality

d minor

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Language

English

Original Language

Greek

Paraphraser

Gerard Moultrie [1829-1885]

Publication Date

1985

Source

Liturgy of St. James
French carol [17th cent.; Chansons populaires des Provinces de France]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Mar 09, 2025 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 19, 2025 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 28, 2024 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 12, 2023 10:30 as the Communion Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 24, 2019 10:30 as the Communion Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Four verses)

Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
and with fear and trembling stand;
ponder nothing earthly minded,
for with blessing in his hand
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
our full homage to demand.

King of kings, yet born of Mary,
as of old on earth he stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
in the Body and the Blood
he will give to all the faithful
his own self for heavenly food.

Rank on rank the host of heaven
spreads its vanguard on the way,
as the Light of Light descendeth
from the realms of endless day,
that the powers of hell may vanish
as the darkness clears away.

At his feet the six-winged seraph;
cherubim, with sleepless eye
veil their faces to the Presence,
as with ceaseless voice they cry,
"Alleluia, alleluia!
Alleluia, Lord Most High!"