Ripon Cathedral - 15

We are standing by the relatively modest Bishop's throne (or cathedra in Latin), from which we get the English word 'cathedral'.



There has been an organ in the Cathedral since 1399, but the present one was built by Lewis in 1878 and rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1912. The unusual mechanical wooden hand dates from 1695 and can be operated by the organist to beat time for the choir.

Let all the world in every corner sing,
my God and King!
The heavens are not too high,
his praise may thither fly,
the earth is not too low,
his praises there may grow.
Let all the world in every corner sing,
my God and King!

Let all the world in every corner sing,
my God and King!
The church with psalms must shout,
no door can keep them out;
but, above all, the heart
must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing,
my God and King!