Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#357

357. Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise

1 Let our choir new anthems raise,
wake the morn with gladness;
God himself to joy and praise
turns the martyrs' sadness:
bright the day that won their crown,
opened heav'ns bright portal,
as they laid the mortal down
and put on th'immortal.

2 Never flinched they from the flame,
from the torture never;
vain the foeman's sharpest aim,
Satan's best endeavor;
for by faith they saw the land
decked in all its glory,
where triumphant now they stand
with the victor's story.

3 Faith they had that knew not shame,
love that could not languish;
and eternal hope o'ercame
momentary anguish.
Up and follow, Christian men!
Press through toil and sorrow;
spurn the night of fear and then,
O the glorious morrow!

Text Information

• First Line: Let our choir new anthems raise
• Title: Let Our Choir New Anthems Raise
• Author: Joseph the Hymnographer, ca. 800-883
• Translator and Arranger: John Mason Neale (1862; alt.)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Revelation 2:10
• Topic: Christians: Triumph of; Crown of Life; Resurrection and Everlasting Life; The Church: The Communion of Saints

Tune Information

• Name: ST. KEVIN
• Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: F Major