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B-032Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

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B-032Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Hymnal: Bumby Supplement (No. 032) · Tune: PICARDY · Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 · Key: Dm Time: 4/4

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WorshipChrist - Kingship/LordshipPraise/Adoration - Of ChristLord's Supper

Written By

Liturgy of St. James, c 350

Composed By

French Folk Melody

Arranger

C. E. Couchman, 2011

Translator

Gerard Moultrie, 1864

Copyright Information

Words, Music, and Translation in the Public Domain. Arrangement Copyright © 2011 C. E. Couchman. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Lyrics

Verse 1

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.

Verse 2

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 heav'nly food.

Verse 3

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 pow'rs of hell may vanish

as the darkness clears away.

Verse 4

At His feet the sixwinged seraph,

Cherubim with sleepless eye,

Veil their faces to the Presence,

As with ceaseless voice they cry;

Alleluia, Alleluia,

Alleluia, Lord Most High!

Scriptural Foundations

Preference: NASB 2020
  • 20“But the Lord is in His holy temple.

    Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

  • 13“Be silent, all mankind, before the Lord; for He has roused Himself from His holy dwelling.”

  • 6And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. 8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9And they *sang a new song, saying,

    “Worthy are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slaughtered, and You purchased people for God with Your blood from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

  • 51I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, he will live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world also is My flesh.”

Recommendation details

Recommended by: Jim Duke

Source: Bumby Hymnal

Rationale: Bumby Hymnal

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