Author: John Athelstan Riley, 1858 - 1945 Hymnal: Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America #437 (1958) Topics: The Church Year Christmas; The Church Year Easter; The Church Year Saints' Days - Minor Festivals; The Church Worship - The Lord's Day; The Church Worship - The Beginning of Service; The Church Worship - The Close of Service; The Church Worship - Morning; The Life In Christ Commemoration; The Life In Christ Adoration and Praise Lyrics: 1 Ye watchers and ye holy ones,
Bright seraphs, cherubim, and thrones,
Raise the glad strain, Alleluia!
Cry out, dominions, princedoms, powers,
Virtues, archangels, angels' choirs,
Refrain:
Alleluia, Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
2 O higher than the cherubim,
More glorious than the seraphim,
Lead their praises, Alleluia!
Thou bearer of the eternal Word,
Most gracious, magnify the Lord, [Refrain]
3 Respond, ye souls in endless rest,
Ye patriarchs and prophets blest,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong,
All saints triumphant, raise the song, [Refrain]
4 O friends, in gladness let us sing,
Supernal anthems echoing,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One, [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Ye watchers and ye holy ones