Text: | Captains of the saintly band |
Author: | J. B. de Santeuil, 1630-97 |
Translator: | H. W. Baker, 1821-77 |
Tune: | HARTS |
Composer: | Benjamin Milgrove, 1731-1810 |
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 | |
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First Line: | Captains of the saintly band |
Author: | J. B. de Santeuil, 1630-97 |
Translator: | H. W. Baker, 1821-77 |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holidays: General; Apostles and Evangelists |
Source: | Latin |
Notes: | Alternative tune UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 434 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HARTS |
Composer: | Benjamin Milgrove, 1731-1810 |
Meter: | 77 77 |
Key: | G Major |