Text: | Give me the wings of faith to rise |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Tune: | SAN ROCCO |
Composer: | Derek Williams, b. 1945 |
1 Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
2 Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins and doubts and fears.
3 I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.
4 They marked the footsteps that he trod,
His zeal inspired their breast,
And, following their incarnate God,
Possess the promised rest.
5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For his own pattern given;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heaven.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Give me the wings of faith to rise |
Author: | Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 |
Meter: | CM |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Christian Year: Festivals and Other Holidays: General; Common of Saints; All Saints: November 1st |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SAN ROCCO |
Composer: | Derek Williams, b. 1945 |
Meter: | CM |
Copyright: | © D. Williams |