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Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Meter: 11.11.11 D Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Lo, they come, the victors! Banners are all furled Lyrics: 1 Lo, they come, the victors! Banners are all furled; For the cross of Jesus conquered has the world. Marching home in triumph, crowd the mighty thong, One their thorn-crowned leader, one their victor song. Refrain: In the highest glory, He from Heaven came; Mighty to deliver, shout aloud His name. 2 They have washed their raiment, shining, snowy white; Clothed are they with glory, as the sons of light. Theirs the scars of battle, when the fight was on; Theirs the shout of triumph, now the day is won. [Refrain] 3 Up the steeps they’re thronging, to celestial heights; Ah, what joys await them, what supreme delights! Theirs the wedding banquet, for refreshment spread; Like great seas the chorus, by their voices sped. [Refrain] 4 To the Captain’s roll call, all make answer, "Here!" "Blessèd of My Father, in His name draw near." This the purchased kingdom, this the victor song; The eternal chorus; pour its tide along. [Refrain] Used With Tune: SANAA Text Sources: Echoes of Paradise by Thoro Harris (Boston: Charles H. Woodman, 1903)

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Meter: 11.11.11 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Isaac V. Flagler Tune Sources: Lohengrin Tune Key: A Flat Major Incipit: 55111 15527 15514 Used With Text: Lo, They Come, The Victors

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Lo, They Come, the Victors

Author: Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., LL. D. Hymnal: Echoes of Paradise #5 (1903) First Line: Lo, they come, the victors! Refrain First Line: In the highest glory Languages: English Tune Title: [Lo, they come, the victors!]

Lo, They Come, The Victors

Author: Jeremiah E. Rankin Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #16100 Meter: 11.11.11 D First Line: Lo, they come, the victors! Banners are all furled Lyrics: 1 Lo, they come, the victors! Banners are all furled; For the cross of Jesus conquered has the world. Marching home in triumph, crowd the mighty thong, One their thorn-crowned leader, one their victor song. Refrain: In the highest glory, He from Heaven came; Mighty to deliver, shout aloud His name. 2 They have washed their raiment, shining, snowy white; Clothed are they with glory, as the sons of light. Theirs the scars of battle, when the fight was on; Theirs the shout of triumph, now the day is won. [Refrain] 3 Up the steeps they’re thronging, to celestial heights; Ah, what joys await them, what supreme delights! Theirs the wedding banquet, for refreshment spread; Like great seas the chorus, by their voices sped. [Refrain] 4 To the Captain’s roll call, all make answer, "Here!" "Blessèd of My Father, in His name draw near." This the purchased kingdom, this the victor song; The eternal chorus; pour its tide along. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: SANAA

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I. V. Flagler

1842 - 1909 Composer of "[Lo, they come, the victors!]" in Echoes of Paradise A Founder of the American Guild of Organists, Isaac Van Fleck Flagler was born in Albany, New York, on May 15, 1842, and died on March 16, 1909, in Auburn, New York. Blessed with brilliant talent in piano, after studying law for four years, he turned to music, studying first with Henry Beale, organist of St. Joseph's Church, Albany, and later with Édouard Batiste in Paris and with Gustav Merkel in Dresden. Returning to the United States, he served churches in Poughkeepsie, Albany and Auburn, and taught at Syracuse and Cornell, and was known as a summer lecturer at the Chautauqua Institution. In 1894 Flagler composed, edited, and published Songs of Praise and Devotion: for Young People's Societies, for Sunday Schools, for Gospel Meetings, for Praise Services, for the Choir, for Male Voices, for the Y.M.C.A., and for the Home Circle. In 1895 he composed and edited The New Era of Song. Reviewing the latter work, Albert Shaw wrote, "Mr. Flagler aims to strike the golden mean between 'Gospel hymn trash' and the elaborate classicism which hinders congregational singing." (source: AGO Founders Hymnal, p. 94)

Jeremiah Eames Rankin

1828 - 1904 Person Name: Rev. J. E. Rankin, D. D., LL. D. Author of "Lo, They Come, the Victors" in Echoes of Paradise Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book, 1857. Another of his hymns is "Rest, rest, rest, brother rest." He died in 1904. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) ======================== Rankin, J. 33., p. 951, ii. Dr. Rankin, b. in N. H. (not New Haven), and received his D.D. 1869, LL.D. 1889 from his Alma Mater. He was President for several years of Howard University, Washington, D.C. His publications included several volumes of Sermons, German-English Lyrics, Sacred and Secular, 1897; 2nd ed. 1898, &c. In addition to his hymns noted on p. 951, ii., he has written and published mainly in sheet form many others, the most important and best-known being:— 1. God be with you till we meet again. [Benediction.] Dr. Rankin's account of this hymn, supplied to us, in common with Mr. Brownlie, for his Hymns and H. Writers of The Church Hymnary, 1899, is: "It was written as a Christian good-bye, and first sung in the First Congregational Church, of which I was minister for fifteen years. We had Gospel meetings on Sunday nights, and our music was intentionally of the popular kind. I wrote the first stanza, and sent it to two gentlemen for music. The music which seemed to me to best suit the words was written by T. G. Tomer, teacher of public schools in New Jersey, at one time on the staff of General 0. 0. Howard. After receiving the music (which was revised by Dr. J. W. Bischoff, the organist of my church), I wrote the other stanzas." The hymn became at once popular, and has been translated into several languages. In America it is in numerous collections; and in Great Britain, in The Church Hymnary, 1898, Horder's Worship Song, 1905, The Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, and others. It was left undated by Dr. Rankin, but I.D. Sankey gives it as 1882. 2. Beautiful the little hands. [Little ones for Jesus.] Given without date in Gloria Deo, New York, 1900. Dr. Rankin's translations include versions of German, French, Latin, and Welsh hymns. His contributions to the periodical press have been numerous. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)