Lo round the throne a glorious band

Lo round the throne a glorious band

Author: Mary L. Duncan
Published in 76 hymnals

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1 Lo! Round the throne, a glorious band,
the saints in countless myriads stand,
of every tongue redeemed to God,
arrayed in garments washed in blood.
Alleluia!

2 Through tribulation great they came;
they bore the cross, despised the shame;
from all their labours now they rest,
in God's eternal glory blest.
Alleluia!

3 They see their Saviour face to face,
and sing the triumphs of God's grace;
and day and night they ceaseless praise,
to Christ the loud thanksgiving raise:
Alleluia!

4 "Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain,
through endless years to live and reign;
thou hast redeemed us by thy blood,
and made us royal priests to God."
Alleluia!

Source: Common Praise #279

Author: Mary L. Duncan

Duncan, Mary, ne'e Lundie, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lundie, Parish Minister of Kelso, was born at Kelso, April 26, 1814. On July 11, 1836, she was married to the Rev. William Wallace Duncan, Parish Minister of Cleish, Kinrossshire. In the end of December, 1839, she took a chill, which resulted in a fever, terminating fatally on Jan. 5, 1840. Her gifts and graces were early consecrated to her Master's service. She was a devoted wife and mother, and a true helpmeet to her husband in his parochial work. Her hymns, mostly written for her children between July and December, 1839, appeared, in 1841, in her Memoir, by her mother, and were issued separately, in 1842, as Rhymes for my Children, to the number of 23. The best known are, "Jesus, ten… Go to person page >

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Common Praise #279Text
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition #303