{"id":23914,"date":"2008-08-06T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-06T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/this-wondrous-glory\/"},"modified":"2013-08-06T10:45:16","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T14:45:16","slug":"this-wondrous-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2008\/08\/this-wondrous-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"This Wondrous Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Transfiguration<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nThey glorified God in me<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nI SAW thee once and nought discern’d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For stranger to admire;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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A serious aspect, but it burn’d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With no unearthly fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nAgain I saw, and I confess’d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thy speech was rare and high;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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And yet it vex’d my burden’d breast,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And scared, I knew not why.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nI saw once more, and awe-struck gazed<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On face, and form, and air;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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God’s living glory round thee blazed–<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Saint–a Saint was there!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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John Henry Newman
\nOff Zante
\n<\/em>January 8, 1833<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\"Ducio<\/a><\/span>The Transfiguration<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nQuicunque Christum qu\u00e6ritis<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nO YE who seek the Lord,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lift up your eyes on high,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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For there He doth the Sign accord<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Of His bright majesty.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nWe see a dazzling sight<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That shall outlive all time,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Older than depth or starry height,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Limitless and sublime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n‘Tis He for Israel’s fold<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And heathen tribes decreed,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The King to Abraham pledged of old<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And his unfailing seed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nProphets foretold His birth,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And witness’d when He came,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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The Father speaks to all the earth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To hear, and own His name.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\nTo Jesus, who displays<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To babes His beaming face,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Be, with the Father, endless praise,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And with the Spirit of grace. Amen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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A\u00a0Matins Hymn<\/p>\n

John Henry Newman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transfiguration They glorified God in me I SAW thee once and nought discern’d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For stranger to admire; A serious aspect, but it burn’d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With no unearthly fire. Again I saw, and I confess’d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thy speech was rare and high; And yet it vex’d my burden’d breast, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And scared, I knew not … Continue reading This Wondrous Glory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[32085,1713,2005],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28023,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23914\/revisions\/28023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}