{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/hec/hec70.htm","path":"chr/hec/hec70.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/hec/hec70.htm","text":"Hymns of the Eastern Church, by J.M. Neale, [1884]\nCanon for Ascension Day\n\u1f66 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03b4\u03c9\u03c1\u03b5\u1ff6\u03bd.\nH\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0oly gift, surpassing comprehension!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wond\u2019rous mystery of each fiery tongue!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christ made good His Promise in Ascension:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O\u2019er the Twelve the cloven flames have hung!\nS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pake the Lord, or ere He left the Eleven:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"Here in Salem wait the Gift I send:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Till the Paraclete come down from Heaven:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Everlasting Guide and Guard and Friend.\"\nO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that shame, now ended in that glory!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Pain untold, now lost in joy unknown!\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Tell it out with praise, the whole glad story,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Human nature at the Father's Throne!\nCatavas\u00eda.\nD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eclare, ye Angel Bands that dwell on high,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0How saw ye Him, the Victor, drawing nigh?\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What strange new visions burst upon your sight?\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One in the form of Man, That claims by right\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The very throne of God, the unapproached Light!\nExaposteilarion.\nE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ternal! After Thine own will\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou born in time would\u2019st be: p. 228\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After the self-same counsel still\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Was Thine Epiphany:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou in our flesh didst yield Thy breath,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Immortal God, for man:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou by Thy death didst conquer Death,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Through Thine Almighty plan:\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thou, rising Victor to the sky,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Fill\u2019st Heav\u2019n and earth above\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And send\u2019st the Promise from on high,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Spirit of Thy love!","title":"Hymns of the Eastern Church: S. Joseph of the Studium: Ca...","type":"page"}