Saints of God! Lo, Jesus' people

Saints of God! Lo, Jesus' people

Author: John A. L. Riley
Tune: SUSSEX (33321)
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1 Saints of God! Lo, Jesu’s people
age to age your glory tell;
in his name for us ye laboured,
now in bless eternal dwell.

2 Twelve poor men, by Christ anointed,
braved the rich, the wise, the great,
all the world counts dear rejecting,
rapt in their apostolate.

3 Thus the earth their death-wounds purchased,
hallowed by the blood therefrom,
on her bosom bore the nations,
laved, illumined — Christendom.

4 On this feast, almighty Father,
may we praise thee with the Son,
evermore his love confessing,
who from both with both is One.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #804

Author: John A. L. Riley

Riley, John Athelstan Laurie, M.A., s. of John Riley, Mytholmroyd, Yorks, was born in London, Aug. 10, 1858, and educated at Eton and at Pembroke College, Oxford (B.A. 1881, M.A. 1883). He has been since 1892 a member of the House of Laymen of the Province of Canterbury. He was one of the compilers of The English Hymnal, 1906, and contributed to it seven translations from the Latin (34, 185, 193, 195, 213, 242, 321, with No. 97 previously published), and one from the Greek, beginning, "What sweet of life endureth," from Iiola rod fiiov, p. 899, i., and the following originals:— 1. Come, let us join the Church above. Martyrs. 2. Saints of God! Lo, Jesu’s people. St. Bartholomew. The initials of the lines form the acrostic S… Go to person page >

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First Line: Saints of God! Lo, Jesus' people
Author: John A. L. Riley
Language: English

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