119 ADESTO, SANCTA TRINITAS
Authorship unknown. It first occurs in a MS. of the eleventh century in the British Museum Library, has a place in the English Breviaries of York, Hereford, and St. Albans, and is printed in the “Latin Hymns of the Anglo-Saxon Church.”
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| Be present, Holy Trinity, One glory Thou, one Deity; Where’er creation’s bounds extend, Thou art beginning without end. | | The hosts of heaven Thy praise proclaim, Adoring, tell Thy matchless fame; Earth’s threefold fabric joins the song, To bless Thee through the ages long. | | And we, Thy humble servants, now To Thee in adoration bow; Our suppliant vows and prayers unite With hymns that fill the realms of light. | | One Light, we Thee our homage pay, We worship Thee, O triple ray; Thou First and Last, we speak Thy fame, And every spirit lauds Thy name. | | Praise to the Eternal Father be; Thou only Son, all praise to Thee; And Holy Ghost to Thee be praise, Great Triune God, yet One always. | |