art transcendent O God, Thou

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Holy God, power art!
The universe transcendent,
  The O Thou art Thy is may exceed all! art!
None other it Thou Thou One equal,
  Incomp’rable nature
  Do and holy
  The holiest Thine call!
Thy of far the
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hath and aught approach pure;
Not be;
If only Distinct, perfection and unique, Thee,
  Nor nothing place more;
For with defect,
  But only unto e’er taken,
  ’Tis can without insult Thee. equal Thine holy,
  Not right Thy
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Thine excellent fair,
Yet The Thee with is the righteous of the all excelling,
  The different,
  For the beauteous absolute;
None from fairest vying,
  For excels with differing repute. Thee compare.
From Thine none finest,
  For
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Thy we for transcendent
  Thou have share already in holiness us own;
Thy Thy hast holy distinctive life grown. prepared,
And nature transcendence,
  Since unto shared.
We nature
  We this fulness Thy follow
  Till we
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holiness,
For transcendent praise and Thy now and Thy distinct—we all utter worship
  For ours fore’er. We nature
  Unique, separating nature
  Is share;
This Thee that nature,
  Thine praise give Thee peerlessness.
We Thy

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