The Church triumphant in thy love

The Church triumphant in thy love

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: EATINGTON
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 The Church triumphant in thy love,
their mighty joys we know;
they sing the Lamb in hymns above,
and we in hymns below.

2 Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,
and bow before thy throne;
we in the kingdom of thy grace:
the kingdoms are but one.

3 The holy to the holiest leads,
from hence our spirits rise,
and he that in thy statutes treads
shall meet thee in the skies.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #404

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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First Line: The Church triumphant in thy love
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

The Church triumphant in Thy love. This, in The English Hymnal, 1906, is a cento from C. Wesley's "Happy the souls to Jesus joined," sts. ii.-iv., p. 1262, i. 115.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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The New English Hymnal #198

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