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A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING

Scripture Verse

This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into Heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go. Acts 1:11

Introduction

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Ralph Vaughan Williams
(1872–1958)

Words: The Ve­ne­ra­ble Bede (673–735) (Hym­num ca­na­mus Do­mi­no). Trans­lat­ed from La­tin to Eng­lish by Ben­ja­min Webb in The Hym­nal Not­ed, 1854, alt.

Music: Lasst uns er­freu­en, Aus­ser­le­se­ne ca­thol­ische geist­liche Kirch­en­ge­säng (Co­logne, Ger­ma­ny: Peter von Brach­el, 1623). Har­mo­ny by Ralph Vaugh­an Will­iams, in The Eng­lish Hym­nal (Lon­don: Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty Press, 1906), num­ber 519 (🔊 ).

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The Venerable Bede (673–735)

Lyrics

A hymn of glo­ry let us sing
New songs through­out the world shall ring
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
Christ, by a road be­fore un­trod
Ascendeth to the throne of God.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

The holy apos­tol­ic band
Upon the Mount of Ol­ives stand
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
And with His fol­low­ers they see
Jesus’ re­splen­dent ma­jes­ty
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

To whom the an­gels draw­ing nigh,
Why stand and gaze up­on the sky?
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
This is the Sav­ior, thus they say.
This is His no­ble tri­umph day.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

Again ye shall be­hold Him so,
As ye have to­day seen Him go.

Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
In glo­ri­ous pomp as­cend­ing high
Up to the por­tals of the sky.

Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

O grant us thi­ther­ward to tend
And with un­wear­ied hearts as­cend,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
Unto Thy king­dom’s throne, where Thou
As is our faith, art seat­ed now,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

Be Thou our joy and strong de­fense,
Who art our fu­ture re­com­pense,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
So shall the light that springs from Thee
Be ours through all eter­ni­ty,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.

O ris­en Christ, as­cend­ed Lord,
All praise to Thee let earth ac­cord,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia.
Who art, while end­less ages run,
With Fa­ther and with Spir­it One,
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia, Al­le­lu­ia.