Text:Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Author:Athelstan Riley
Tune:LASST UNS ERFREUEN

34. Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones

1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
Bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones,
Raise the glad strain, Alleluia!
Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,
Virtues, archangels, angels' choirs,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 O higher than the cherubim,
More glorious than the seraphim,
Lead their praises, Alleluia!
Thou bearer of the eternal Word,
Most gracious, magnify the Lord,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
Ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
All saints triumphant, raise the song,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 O friends, in gladness let us sing,
Supernal anthems echoing,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Ye watchers and ye holy ones
Title: Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Author: Athelstan Riley (1906)
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture:
Topic: Worship: Adoration and Praise; Adoration and Praise; Angels (3 more...)
Copyright: From "The English Hymnal". Used by permission of Oxford University Press.
Notes: Now Public Domain; This hymn may be sung to the tune "Lasst uns erfreuen," on opposite page.
Tune Information
Name: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Meter: 8. 8. 4. 4. 8. 8. with Alleluias
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Geistliche Kirchengesäng, Cologne, 1623
Copyright: Music from The English Hymnal. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.



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