It was written by English born and educated, Church of England minister, and later co-founder of the London Missionary society, Rowland Hill (1744-1833).
With metre 88 88 (long meter), tunes it is set to include:
- JESU DULCIS MEMORIA (Mode I)
- ROCKINGHAM (Miller) - arranged by English flautist and composer, Edward Miller (1735-1807)
- OLD HUNDREDTH by French composer Louis Bourgeois (1510-1561)
- SOLOTHRUN - traditional Swiss
- ERSCHIENEN IST DER HERRLICH TAG by Nikolaus Herman (1480?-1561)
- PARK STREET by Frederic Marc Antoine Venua (1788-1872)
- DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble) aka GRENOBLE) from the Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753.
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Examples
Choir with organ, tune JESU DULCIS MEMORIA
Singer, unaccompanied
Choir with organ, tune SOLOTHORN
Singer with piano, tune HAMBURG, melody line on-screen
Instrumental - piano, words on-screen, tune ERSCHIENEN IST DER HERRLICH TAG
instrumental - organ, words and melody line on screen tune JESU DULCIS MEMORIA
Lyrics
1 Around the throne a glorious band,The saints in countless numbers stand,
Of ev'ry tongue, redeemed to God,
Arrayed in garments washed in blood.
2 Through tribulation great they came;
They bore the cross, despised the shame;
From all their laborus now they rest
In God's eternal glory blest.
3 They see their Saviour face to face;
They sing the triumphs of his grace;
And day and night, with ceaseless praise,
To him their loud hosannas raise:
4 "Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain,
Through endless years to live and reign;
You have redeemed us by your blood,
And made us faithful priests to God."
5 O may we tread the sacred road
That saints and holy martyrs trod;
Wage to the end the glorious strife,
And win, like them, the crown of life!
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