Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

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.

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 heavenly food.

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 powers of hell may vanish
As the darkness clears away.

At His feet the six wingèd seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!

• Thou Virgin-Born Incarnate Word at The Happy Wonderer
• Christian, Dost Thou See Them? at Whatever Things
• Lord’s Day 48 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Come, Thou Precious Ransom at Whatever Is Good
• O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus at Hiraeth
• O Come, O Come Emmanuel at The Upward Call
• Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus at Field Stone Cottage.
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The Evil of Uncertain Preaching
• Jesus Came, Adored by Angels at Conjubilant with Song
• The First Noel the Angel Did Say at Semicolon

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