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For what did Jesus love on earth
One half so tenderly as thee?

Copyright 1920 by N. A. M.
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No.78

THE BLESSED VIRGIN

Hail, all hail, great Queen of Heaven!

Our Lady of Lourdes
Processional

(The melody of Hymn No. 76 "Daily, Daily" may be used with this text, with
repetition of the last two lines of the refrain.)

Traditional Melody (1750) "Pone luctum"

With spirit

1.
Hail! all hail, great Queen of Heaven!
Hail! Sweet Notre Dame de Lourdes,
'Neath whose care our weary exile
Is from countless ills secured!

Refrain
Then let men and Angels praise thee
For each blessing thou'st procured,
While in gladsome strains we're singing,
Hail! Sweet Notre Dame de Lourdes!

2.
Blest be thou above all others,
Mary, mistress of the spheres,
Star of hope, serenely beaming
Thro' this darksome vale of tears.

3.
Happy angels joy to own thee,
O'er their choirs exalted high,
Thron'd in blissful light and beauty,
Empress of the starry sky.

4.
As the fount is still unsealing
Its pure treasure softly fair,
May each drop be fraught with healing,
Dearest Mother, at thy pray'r.

Note: For Congregational singing it is suggested that the hymn be
transposed a full tone lower.

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No. 79

THE BLESSED VIRGIN

O purest of creatures

The Immaculate Conception
Father Faber
Nicola A. Montani

Slowly

1.
O purest of the creatures! Sweet Mother, sweet maid!
The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid!
Dark night hath come down on us Mother! And we
Look out for thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea!
Look out for thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea!

2.
Deep night hath come down on this rough-spoken world,
And the banners of darkness are boldly unfurl'd:
And the tempest-tost Church all her eyes are on Thee,
They look to thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea!
They look to thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea!

3.
The Church doth what God had first taught her to do;
He looked o'er the world to find hearts that were true;
Thro' the ages He looked, and He found none but thee,
And He loved thy clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea!
And He loved thy clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea!

4.
He gazed on thy soul; it was spotless and fair;
For the empire of sin it had never been there;
None had ever owned thee, dear Mother, but He,
And He bless'd thy clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea!
And He bless'd thy clear shining, sweet Star of the Sea!

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