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Rh At Tara to-day, in this awful hour, I call on the Holy Trinity! Glory to Him who reigneth in power, The God of the elements, Father and Son, And paraclete Spirit, which Three are the One, The everlasting Divinity!

Salvation dwells with the Lord, With Christ, the Omnipotent Word, From generation to generation. Grant us, O Lord, Thy grace and salvation!

The following version is from the facile pen of the late Mrs. Alexander, wife of the present Archbishop of Armagh. It is closer to the original than the preceding, the latest corrections made by Dr. Whitley Stokes being used. It has been issued, pointed and accentuated for chanting, by the Irish Christian Knowledge Association. Mrs. Alexander's version is now widely used in Ireland, in the services of the Church of Ireland on St. Patrick's Day, and on other occasions. It was sung at York Minster as a processional hymn on St. Patrick's Day, 1891, when Archbishop Magee, who was an Irishman, was enthroned (see pp. 14, 15). The version was appended to this work by the kind permission of Mrs. Alexander.

I bind unto myself to-day The strong name of the Trinity, By invocation of the same. The Three in One and One in Three.