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For God Alone: Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

Let all mortal flesh keep silence, and with  fear and trembling stand; P onder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in his hand, Christ our God to earth descendeth, our full homage to demand.  King of kings, yet born of Mary, as of old on earth he stood,  Lord of lords, in human vesture, in the body and the blood,  H e will give to all the faithful, H is own self for heav'nly food.  Rank on rank the host of heaven s preads its vanguard on the way, A s the Light of light descendeth from the realms of endless day,  That  the pow'rs of hell may vanish as the darkness clears away.  At his feet the six-winged seraph, cherubim, with sleepless eye,  V eil their faces to the presence, as with ceaseless voice they cry,  "Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, Lord Most High!” Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Church Folk Project College Church in Wheaton www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdzMtVYlZo Like many ancient texts, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence stems from diffe