{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec53.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec53.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec53.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Apocreos\nby Theodore of the Studium\n\u1f49 \u039a\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c1\u03c7\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9.\nGod comes;\u2014and who shall stand before His fear?\n Who bide His Presence, when He draweth near?\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0My soul, my soul, prepare\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To kneel before Him there!\nHaste,\u2014weep,\u2014be reconciled to Him before\n The fearful judgment knocketh at the door\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Where, in the Judge's eyes,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0All bare and naked lies.\nHave mercy, Lord, have mercy, Lord, I cry,\n When with Thine angels Thou appear\u2019st on high:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And each shall doom inherit,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0According to his merit.\nHow can I bear Thy fearful anger, Lord?\n I, that have so often transgressed Thy word?\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But put my sins away,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And spare me in that day!\nO miserable soul, return, lament,\n Ere earthly converse end, and life be spent:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ere, time for sorrow o\u2019er,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Bridegroom close the door!\nYea, I have sinned, as no man sinned beside:\n With more than human guilt my soul is dyed:\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But spare, and save me here,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Before that day appear!\nThree Persons in One Essence uncreate,\n On Whom, both Three and One, our praises wait,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Give everlasting light,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To them that sing Thy might!","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: Theodore of the Studium: Canon for Apocreos. Ode III","type":"page"}