Text: | Lo! what a cloud of witnesses |
Tune: | ST. FULBERT |
Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 |
1 Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
encompass us around!
They, once like us with suffering tried,
are now with glory crowned.
2 Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired,
strive in the Christian race;
and, freed from every weight of sin,
their holy footsteps trace.
3 Behold a Witness nobler still,
who trod affliction's path:
Jesus, the author, finisher,
rewarder of our faith.
4 He, for the joy before him set,
and moved by pitying love,
endured the cross, despised the shame,
and now he reigns above.
5 Thither, forgetting things behind,
press we to God's right hand;
there, with the Savior and his saints,
triumphantly to stand.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Lo! what a cloud of witnesses |
Meter: | CM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christian Vocation and Pilgrimage |
Source: | Translations and Paraphrases, 1745, alt. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. FULBERT |
Composer: | Henry John Gauntlett, 1805-1876 |
Meter: | CM |
Key: | Dâ™ Major |