[Who are these in bright array] (Peace)

[Who are these in bright array] (Peace)

Composer: A. L. Peace
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: A. L. Peace

Albert Lister Peace DMus United Kingdom 1844-1912. Born at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, son of a warehouseman and woolstapler, he was extremely gifted as a musician, largely self-taught, playing the organ at Holmfirth Parish Church near Huddersfield at age nine. He married Margaret Martin Steel Gilchrist, and they had three children: Lister, Archibald, and Margaret. In 1865 he was appointed organist of Trinity Congregational Church in Glasgow, Scotland. He obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 1875. He became organist at Glasgow Cathedral in 1879. In 1897 he succeeded William Best as organist at St George’s Hall, Liverpool. In later years he was in much demand to play the organ in recitals. He did so… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Who are these in bright array] (Peace)
Composer: A. L. Peace
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7
Incipit: 11223 21771 23432
Copyright: Public Domain

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What are these in bright array

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."

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