What are these in bright array

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What are these in bright array,
This innumerable throng,
Round the altar night and day,
Hymning one triumphant song:
"Worthy is the Lamb once slain,
Blessing, honour, glory, power,
Wisdom, riches, to obtain,
New dominion every hour."

These through fiery trials trod;
These from great affliction came;
Now before the throne of God,
Seal'd with His almighty name:
Clad in raiment pure and white,
Victor-palms in every hand,
Through their dear Redeemer's might,
More than conquerors they stand.

Hunger, thirst, disease unknown,
On immortal fruits they feed;
Them, the Lamb amidst the throne,
Shall to living fountains lead;
Joy and gladness banish sighs,
Perfect love dispels all fear,
And for ever from their eyes,
God shall wipe away the tear.

Sacred Poems and Hymns, 1854

Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line: What are these in bright array, This innumerable throng
Title: What are these in bright array
Author: James Montgomery (1819)
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

What are these in bright array? J. Montgomery. [All Saints.] Published in his Greenland and other Poems, 1819, p. 185, in 3 stanzas of 8 lines, and headed “Saints in heaven." It was repeated in Cotterill's Selection, 1819, No. 204; in Montgomery's Christian Psalmist, 1825, No. 559; and in his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 237. It is given in several collections in Great Britain and America, and sometimes as, "Who are these in bright array?" In R. Bingham's Hymnologia Christiana Latina, 1871, it is rendered into Latin as "Quid sint cohortes lucidae."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Church of England Hymn Book #450

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #698

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #1022

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #411

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A Collection of Hymns #491

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #687

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #608

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #A44

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A Collection of Sacred Song #131(H201)

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A Companion to the Canadian Sunday School Harp #137b

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A Handy Book of Old and Familiar Hymns #198

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #953

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d435

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A Selection of Hymns #506

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #999

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A Service Book #108

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A Service Book #202

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a335

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa335

Anglican Hymn Book #173

Appendix to Mennonite Hymn Book #d62

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d264

Baptist Songs with Music #d226

Book of Common Praise #d652

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Book of Praise for the Sunday School #205[355]

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #581

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Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes #595

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Book of Worship #154

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Book of Worship #581

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d1026

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Calvary Songs #153d

Calvary Songs for Sunday School & Families. Words ed. #d218

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Carmina Sanctorum, a selection of hymns and songs of praise with tunes #712

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Carmina Sanctorum #712

Chapel Hymns #d619

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Chapel Melodies #98

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Children's Hymns with Tunes #125

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #597

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Christian Praise #623

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Christian Praise #291

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Christian Praise #291

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Christian Songs #284

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Church Book #582

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Church Book #582

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Church Hymnal #196

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Church Hymnal, Mennonite #470

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #470

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #d607

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #183

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Church Hymns and Tunes #460

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Church Melodies #15

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Church music #331

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Church Poetry #222

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Church Psalmist #697

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Church Psalmist #697

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Church Psalmist #697

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Church Psalmody #635

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d330

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Common Praise #558

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Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church #246

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d819

Conference Hymns and Tunes #d109

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Crystal Gems for the Sabbath School #104

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Devotional hymns #S228

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Dew Drops of Sacred Song #115a

Faith Hymns #d164

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #177

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Fresh Leaves for the use of Sabbath Schools #105a

Gems of Music #d66

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Glad Tidings #110

Gloria in Excelsis #d769

Gloria in Excelsis #d476

Golden Censer #d104

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Golden Rays #142

Gospel Hymns #d633

Hallowed Songs #d392

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Hallowed Songs #328

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Hallowed Songs #62

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Home Song Book, prepared for the use of the Children of the Home for the Friendless #46

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d814

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #843

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #681

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship #673

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Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a673

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #654

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #654

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #718

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #718

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Hymnal #109

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #494

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Hymnal and Liturgies of the Moravian Church #752

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #579a

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #579b

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #496a

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