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Best Episcopal Hymns

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What are the best hymns in the Episcopal church?

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The Church's one foundation

The Church's one foundation

This one tugs at our Victorian heartstrings

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For all the saints who from their labors rest

For all the saints who from their labors rest
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Lo, he comes with clouds descending

Lo, he comes with clouds descending

Hemlsley is the best

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All my hope on God is founded

All my hope on God is founded

Heartbreaking story, heartwarming hymn

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Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)

sublime and transcendent.

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Come, labor on

Come, labor on

That great, Noble tune

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Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah

Robust Welsh tune

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Praise, my soul, the King of heaven

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven
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Let all mortal flesh (Picardy)

Let all mortal flesh (Picardy)

Best. Hymn. Ever.

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Earth and all stars

Earth and all stars

"Louding humming cellos," "loud praying members," ... what's not to love?

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Humbly I adore thee (Adoro te devote)

Humbly I adore thee (Adoro te devote)

Thomas Aquinas at his best.

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Come thooough long expected Jesus

Come thooough long expected Jesus
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How shall I sing that majesty

How shall I sing that majesty

Glorious 20th century masterpiece

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Go to dark Gethsemane (Redhead)

Go to dark Gethsemane (Redhead)

As we're in the middle of Lent, it's hard to not have this one on the mind.

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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

you know you love it.

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Now the silence

Now the silence
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O Christ thou art both night and day (Christe qui es lux et dies)

O Christ thou art both night and day (Christe qui es lux et dies)

Protestant hymnody entered the Anglican tradition only in the 19th century. Here's a REAL hymn, complete with the requisite Trinitarian final stanza