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Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Lyrics by
Gerard Moultrie (1864)
Music by
Gustav Holst (1906)
Tune
PICARDY · 8 8 8 8
Scripture
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Verse 1
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly-minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descendeth,
Our full homage to demand.
Amen.

Based on a fourth-century Greek liturgical text, this hymn became widely known through Holst's haunting composition.