530. A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing

1 A hymn of glory let us sing!
New songs throughout the world shall ring:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Christ, by a road before untrod,
Ascends unto the throne of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 The holy apostolic band
Upon the Mount of Olives stand.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
And with his faithful foll'wers see
Their Lord ascend in majesty.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 To whom shining angels cry,
"Why stand and gaze upon the sky?"
Alleluia! Alleluia!
"This is the Savior," Thus they say.
"This is his glorious triumph day."
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 "You see him now, ascending high
Up to the portals of the sky."
Alleluia! Alleluia!
"Hereafter Jesus you shall see
Returning in great majesty."
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 O Lord, our homeward pathway bend,
That our unwearied hearts ascend,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Where, seated on your Father's throne,
You reign as King of kings alone.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: A hymn of glory let us sing!
Title: A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing
Latin Title: Hymnum canamus gloria
Author: Venerable Bede, 673-735
Translator: Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885
Meter: LM with alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Topic: Ascension of the Lord
Source: Tr.: The Hymnal Noted, 1854, alt.
Tune Information
Name: LASTT UNS ERFREUEN
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: LM with alleluias
Key: D Major
Source: Geistliche Kirchengasänge, Cologne, 1623
Copyright: Harm © Oxford University Press



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