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Lyra Fidelium: Twelve Hymns on the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's
Creed
by S. J. Stone, B.A.,
CURATE OF WINDSOR
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ARTICLE
I.
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“I believe in God the
Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.”
"The Lord He is God:
there is None else beside Him."
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(Tune No. 222.)
None else but Thee,
for evermore,
One, All, we dread, believe, adore:
Great Earth and Heaven shall have their
day
And worn and old shall pass away,
But Thou remainest, on Thy throne
Eternal, changeless, and alone!
None else we praise!
in every form,
In peace of calm and power of storm,
In simple flower and mystic star,
In all around and all afar,
In Grandeur, Beauty, Truth, but Thee
None else we hear, None else we see.
None else we love!
for sweeter grace
That made anew a ruined race:
The heirs of life, the lords of death,
With earliest voice and latest breath,
When days begin, when days are done,
Bless we the Father for the Son!
None else we trust!
our flesh may fail,
Our heart may sink when foes assail,
But Thou art strength to be our stay,
And Glory not to pass away:
None else in life and death have we,
But we have all in all with Thee!
Yea, None but Thee
all worlds confess,
And those redeemed ones numberless:
None else, from everlasting One,
And evermore beside Thee none.
Of all that is, has been, shall be,
Father of Life, None else but
Thee! Amen.
SUMMARY OF
TRUTHS CONFESSED IN ARTICLE I I believe that
there is a God, and that there is but one God: that He is the Father of all things and of
all men, more peculiarly of those adopted in His Son, but more eminently still the Father
of His Own only-begotten Son: that He is Almighty, because His dominion is infinite both
as regards eternitly of duration and power of operation and authority: and that as before
all things there was nothing but God, so out of nothing He produced all things.
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"I AM the Lord: there is None else."
"The Lord our God is One
Lord."
"They shall perish, but Thou shalt
endure."
"Yea, all of them shall wax old as
a garment."
"But Thou art the same, and Thy
years shall not fail."
"Thy throne, O God, is for ever
and ever."
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"I Thank Thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth."
"O Lord, how manifold are Thy
works."
"The heavens declare the glory of
God."
"Of Him, and through Him, and to
Him are all things."
"Every good gift and every perfect
gift...cometh down from the Father."
"Do I not fill the heaven and
earth, saith the Lord?"
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"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us,
that we should be called the sons of God."
"God Who is rich in mercy, for His great love...hath quickened
us."
"By Him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God
continually."
"Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."
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"Trust ye in the Lord for ever."
"My flesh and my heart faileth, but God is th strength of my
heart and portion for ever."
"We should not trust in ourselves, but in God."
"Who giveth us reichly all things to enjoy."
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"And every creature heard I saying, Blessing, &c."
"A great mulitude which no man could number."
"From everlasting - Thou art God."
"To everlasting - Thou art God."
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, Which was,
and Which is, and Which is to come."
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