King of Saints, to Whom the Number

King of saints, to Whom the number

Author: John Ellerton (1871)
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 King of saints, to Whom the number
Of Thy starry host is known,
Many a name, by man forgotten,
Lives for ever round Thy throne:
Lights, which earth-born mists have darkened,
There are shining full and clear,
Princes in the court of heaven,
Nameless, unremembered here.

2 In the roll of Thine apostles
One there stands, Bartholomew,
He for whom to-day we offer,
Year by year, our praises due:
How he toiled for Thee and suffered
None on earth can now record;
All his saintly life is hidden
In the knowledge of his Lord;

3 None can tell us: all is written
In the Lamb's great book of life,
All the faith, and prayer, and patience
All the toiling, and the strife:
There are told Thy hidden treasures:
Number us, O Lord, with them,
When Thou makest up the jewels
Of Thy living diadem.

Amen.

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Author: John Ellerton

John Ellerton (b. London, England, 1826; d. Torquay, Devonshire, England, 1893) Educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man and at Trinity College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1851. He served six parishes, spending the longest time in Crewe Green (1860-1872), a church of steelworkers and farmers. Ellerton wrote and translated about eighty hymns, many of which are still sung today. He helped to compile Church Hymns and wrote its handbook, Notes and Illustrations to Church Hymns (1882). Some of his other hymn texts were published in The London Mission Hymn Book (1884). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: King of saints, to Whom the number
Title: King of Saints, to Whom the Number
Author: John Ellerton (1871)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

IONA (Stainer)


EVERTON (Smart)


HALTON HOLGATE

HALTON HOLGATE (also called SHARON) is a version of a psalm tune originally composed by William Boyce (b. London, England, 1710; d. Kensington, London, 1779) and published around 1765 in his Collection of Melodies, including tunes by various composers for Christopher Smart's paraphrases of the psalm…

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A Church of England Hymn Book #488

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Church Hymnal #174

Church Hymnal, Fourth Edition #180

Church Hymnal, Third Edition #197

Church Hymns with Tunes #182

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CPWI Hymnal #803

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Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #419

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Hymns of the Church Universal #473

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The Book of Common Praise #210

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The Children's Hymn Book #372

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The Church Hymnal #163

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The Church Hymnal #168

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The Church Hymnal #168

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The Church Missionary Hymn Book #160

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The Cyber Hymnal #3551

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The Hymnal 1982 #280

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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #168

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The Hymnal #287

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The Hymnal #168

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Worship in Song #607

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