748. Captains of the Saintly Band

1. Captains of the saintly band,
Lights who lighten every land,
Princes who with Jesus dwell,
Judges of His Israel:

2. On the nations sunk in night
Ye have shed the Gospel light;
Sin and error flee away;
Truth reveals the promised day.

3. Not by warrior’s spear and sword,
Not by art of human word,
Preaching but the Cross of shame,
Rebel hearts for Christ ye tame.

4. Earth, that long in sin and pain
Groaned in Satan’s deadly chain,
Now to serve its God is free
In the law of liberty.

5. Distant lands with one acclaim
Tell the honor of your name,
Who, wherever man has trod,
Teach the mysteries of God.

6. Glory to the Three in One
While eternal ages run,
Who from deepest shades of night
Called us to His glorious light.

Text Information
First Line: Captains of the saintly band
Title: Captains of the Saintly Band
Latin Title: Coelestis aulae principes
Author: Jean de Santeüil (1686)
Translator (from Latin): Henry W. Baker
Meter: 77.77
Language: English
Source: Cluniac Breviary, 1686; Translation in Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: BENEVENTO, arranged from Samuel Webbe, Sr., 1792
Tune Information
Name: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Composer: Henry John Gauntlett (1848)
Meter: 77.77
Incipit: 31652 31555 45321
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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