Scripture Verse

The Father…the Son and…the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:20

Introduction

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Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

Words: Is­aac Watts, Hymns and Spi­ri­tu­al Songs, Book 3, 1709, num­ber 29.

Music: Duke Street at­trib­ut­ed to John Hat­ton, 1793 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Hat­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Glory to God, the Tri­ni­ty,
Whose name has mys­te­ries un­known;
In es­sence One, in per­sons Three,
A so­cial na­ture, yet alone.

When all our nob­lest pow­ers are joined
The hon­ors of Thy name to raise,
Thy glo­ries ov­er­match our mind,
And an­gels faint be­neath the praise.