{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec52.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec52.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec52.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Apocreos\nby Theodore of the Studium\n\u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f21\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c6\u03c1\u03b9\u03ba\u03c4\u03ae\u03bd.\nThat fearful Day, that Day of speechless dread,\n When Thou shalt come to judge the quick and dead\u2014\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I shudder to foresee,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O God! what then shall be!\nWhen Thou shalt come, angelic legions round,\n With thousand thousands, and with trumpet sound,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christ, grant me in the air\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With saints to meet Thee there!\nWeep, O my soul, ere that great hour and day,\n When God shall shine in manifest array,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thy sin, that thou may\u2019st be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In that strict judgment free!\nThe terror!\u2014hell-fire fierce and unsufficed:\n The bitter worm: the gnashing teeth:\u2014O Christ,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Forgive, remit, protect;\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And set me with the elect!\nThat I may hear the blessed voice that calls\n The righteous to the joy of heavenly halls.\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And, King of Heaven, may reach\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The realm that passeth speech!\nEnter Thou not in judgment with each deed,\n Nor each intent and thought in strictness read:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Forgive, and save me then,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O Thou That lovest men!\nThee, One in Three blest Persons! Lord o\u2019er all!\n Essence of essence, Power of power. we call!\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Save us, O Father, Son,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And Spirit, ever one!\n[In Mr. Young's book. Composed by Dr. Schroeder.]","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: Theodore of the Studium: Canon for Apocreos. Ode I","type":"page"}