Opening Songs
God Himself is Present
- Words:
- Gerhard Tersteegen, 1729. Translated by Frederick W. Foster and John Miller, 1789, alt.
- Music:
- 'Wunderbarer König' or 'Arnsberg' or 'Groeningen' Joachim Neander, 1680.
- Setting:
- "Common Service Book", 1918.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 6 6 8 6 6 6
- 1God Himself is present:Let us now adore Him,And with awe appear before Him.God is in His temple,all within keep silence,Prostrate lie with deepest reverence.Him alone God we own,Him our God and Savior;Praise His name forever.
- 2God Himself is present:Hear the harps resounding!See the crowds the throne surrounding!"Holy, holy, holy",hear the hymn ascending,Angels, saints, their voices blending!Bow Thine ear to us here:Hear, O Christ, the praisesThat Thy Church now raises.
- 3O Thou fount of blessing,Purify my spirit;Trusting only in Thy merit,Like the holy angelsWho behold Thy glory,May I ceaselessly adore Thee,Let Thy will Ever stillRule Thy Church terrestrial,As the hosts celestial.
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Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.