The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4495

4495. Not by the Martyr's Death Alone

1. Not by the martyr’s death alone
The saint his crown in Heav’n has won;
There is a triumph robe on high
For bloodless fields of victory.

2. What though he was not called to feel
The cross, or flame, or torturing wheel,
Yet daily to the world he died;
His flesh, through grace, he crucified.

3. What though nor chains, nor scourges sore,
Nor cruel beasts his members tore,
Enough if perfect love arise
For Christ a grateful sacrifice.

4. Lord, grant us so to Thee to turn
That we through life to die may learn,
And thus, when life’s brief day is o’er,
May live with Thee forevermore.

5. O Fount of sanctity and love,
O perfect Rest of saints above,
All praise, all glory be to Thee
Both now and through eternity.

Text Information

• First Line: Not by the martyr's death alone
• Title: Not by the Martyr's Death Alone
• Latin Title: Non parta solo sanguine
• Author: Jean B. de Santeül (1686)
• Translator (from Latin): Isaac Williams & others
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: translation in the British Magazine, 1833, and Hymns Translated from the Parisian Breviary, 1833) & the com­pil­ers of Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern; Cluniac Breviary, 1686
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HILDERSTONE, Phillip Hart, 1713

Tune Information

• Name: WELLS (Monk)
• Composer: William Henry Monk (1875)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 51565 44351 17566
• Key: D Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875
• Copyright: Public Domain