Alleluia, alleluia, the crown is on the Victor's brow

Alleluia, alleluia, the crown is on the Victor's brow

Translator: John Mason Neale
Tune: [Alleluia! Alleluia. The crown is on the victor's brow]
Published in 5 hymnals

Translator: John Mason Neale

John M. Neale's life is a study in contrasts: born into an evangelical home, he had sympathies toward Rome; in perpetual ill health, he was incredibly productive; of scholarly tem­perament, he devoted much time to improving social conditions in his area; often ignored or despised by his contemporaries, he is lauded today for his contributions to the church and hymnody. Neale's gifts came to expression early–he won the Seatonian prize for religious poetry eleven times while a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, England. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1842, but ill health and his strong support of the Oxford Movement kept him from ordinary parish ministry. So Neale spent the years between 1846 and 1866 as a warden of Sackvi… Go to person page >

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First Line: Alleluia, alleluia, the crown is on the Victor's brow
Latin Title: Finita jam sunt praelia
Translator: John Mason Neale
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Carols Old and Carols New #180

Hymnal for children #d7

Hymns with Music for Children #d8

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Pilgrim Songs for the Sunday School #185

The Choral Hymnal #d5

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