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The Merits of the Saints
Author: Anonymous; John M. Neale Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.8 Appears in 8 hymnals Lyrics: 1. The merits of the saints,
Blessèd for evermore,
Their love that never faints,
The toils they bravely bore—
For these the Church today
Pours forth her joyous lay—
These victors win the noblest bay.
2. They, whom the world of ill,
While it yet held, abhorred;
Its withering flowers that still
They spurned with one accord—
They knew them short lived all,
And followed at Thy call,
King Jesu, to Thy heavenly hall.
3. Like sheep their blood they poured,
And without groan or tear,
They bent before the sword,
For that their King most dear:
Their souls, serenely blest,
In patience they possessed,
And looked in hope towards their rest.
4. What tongue may here declare,
Fancy or thought descry,
The joys Thou dost prepare
For these Thy saints on high!
Empurpled in the flood
Of their victorious blood,
They won the laurel from their God.
5. To Thee, O Lord most high,
One in three Persons still,
To pardon us we cry,
And to preserve from ill:
Here give Thy servants peace,
Hereafter glad release,
And pleasures that shall never cease. Used With Tune: DAS HERRLICH HOHE FEST Text Sources: Hymnal Noted, 1854
The Merits of the Saints
At this our solemn feast
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274); John D. Chambers (1805-1893) Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Corpus Christi Used With Tune: MOHR
At this our solemn feast
Sacris solemniis
Author: St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Meter: 6.6.6.6.6.6.8 Appears in 12 hymnals Topics: Corpus Christi Used With Tune: SACRIS SOLEMNIIS
Sacris solemniis
