The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2094

2094. Hail, Co-Essential Three

1. Hail, co-essential Three,
In mystic Unity!
Father, Son, and Spirit, hail!
God by Heaven and earth adored,
God incomprehensible;
One supreme, almighty Lord,
One supreme, almighty Lord.

2. Thou sittest on the throne,
Plurality in One;
Saints behold Thine open face,
Bright, insufferably bright;
Angels tremble as they gaze,
Sink into a sea of light,
Sink into a sea of light.

3. Ah! when shall we increase
Their heavenly ecstasies?
Chant, like them, the Lord Most High,
Fall like them who dare not move;
Holy, holy, holy, cry,
Breathe the praise of silent love?
Breathe the praise of silent love?

4. Come, Father, in the Son
And in the Spirit down;
Glorious Triune Majesty,
God through endless ages blest,
Make us meet Thy face to see,
Then receive us to Thy breast;
Then receive us to Thy breast.

Text Information

• First Line: Hail, co-essential Three
• Title: Hail, Co-Essential Three
• Author: Charles Wesley (1767)
• Meter: 66.77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns on the Trinity, 1767
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ECCLES (Boggett)
• Composer: Boggett (before 1895)
• Meter: 66.77.77
• Incipit: 13531 32151 54665
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book (Toronto, Canada: Methodist Book and Publishing House, 1894), number 69
• Copyright: Public Domain