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The twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

O what can hurt a soul redeemed on whom the light divine hath beamed? The stain, the thought of sin! For that will wound and bruise and tear, as though a legion foes dwelt there; it gives a mountain’s weight to bear, to harbor sin within, to harbor sin within. Almighty God, most merciful, of Thy great love so bountiful, keep us from day to day from Satan’s prevalent assault, from every willing, wilful fault, lest we grow blind, deaf, dumb, or halt; hear us, O God! we pray; hear us, O God! we pray. That we may ever joyful prize the privilege of sacrifice, to yield ourselves to Thee! That we unwearied ever run, To accomplish that Thou would’st have done, so through Thine everblesed Son we may accepted be, we may accepted be.

1 O what can hurt a soul redeemed
on whom the light divine hath beamed?
The stain, the thought of sin!
For that will wound and bruise and tear,
as though a legion foes dwelt there;
it gives a mountain’s weight to bear,
to harbor sin within,
to harbor sin within.
2 Almighty God, most merciful,
of Thy great love so bountiful,
keep us from day to day
from Satan’s prevalent assault,
from every willing, wilful fault,
lest we grow blind, deaf, dumb, or halt;
hear us, O God! we pray;
hear us, O God! we pray.
3 That we may ever joyful prize
the privilege of sacrifice,
to yield ourselves to Thee!
That we unwearied ever run,
To accomplish that Thou would’st have done,
so through Thine everblesed Son
we may accepted be,
we may accepted be.

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Text attr. Eliza Humphreys
Tune Buckland
Oliver Brownson (1746-1815);
arr. R. Pryor III

The twentieth Sunday after Trinity.

O Almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.