Great God, who, hid from mortal sight (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-10)  CPDL #51798:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-10).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 52 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

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Title: Great God, who, hid from mortal sight
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: Henry Williams Baker

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 88. 88 (L.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 32, p. 14
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Original text and translations

English text

1  Great God, who, hid from mortal sight,
Dost dwell in unapproachèd light,
Before whose throne with veilèd brow,
Thy sinless angels trembling bow.

2  A while in darkness here below
We lie oppressed with sin and woe;
But soon the everlasting day
Shall chase the night of gloom away.

3  The day prepared for us by Thee;
The day reserved for us to see;
A day but faintly imaged here
By brightest sun at noontide clear.

4  Too long, alas! it still delays,
It lingers yet, that day of days;
The flesh, with all its load of sin,
Must perish, ere its joy we win.

5  Then from these earthy bonds set free
The soul shall fly, O God, to Thee;
To see Thee, love Thee, and adore,
Her blissful task for evermore.

6  All bounteous Trinity! prepare
Our souls Thy hidden joy to share,
That our brief daytime, used aright,
May issue in eternal light.