The Hymnal ‎#287

287. King of saints, to Whom the number

King of saints, to whom the number
Of thy starry host is known,
Many a name, by man forgotten,
Lives for ever round thy throne:
Lights, which earth-born mists have darkened,
There are shining full and clear,
Princes in the court of heaven,
Nameless, unremembered here.

In the roll of thine apostles
One there stands, Bartholomew,
He for whom today we offer,
Year by year, our praises due:
How he toiled for thee and suffered
None on earth can now record;
All his saintly life is hidden
In the knowledge of his Lord;

None can tell us: all is written
In the Lamb's great book of life,
All the faith, and prayer, and patience
All the toiling, and the strife:
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There are told thy hidden treasures:
Number us, O Lord, with them,
When thou makest up the jewels
Of thy living diadem.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: King of saints, to Whom the number
• Author: John Ellerton (1871)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Holy Days: St. Bartholomew

Tune Information

• Name: IONA
• Composer: John Stainer (1868)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.D.
• Incipit: 13543 24321 32171
• Key: F Major