Scripture Verse

These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14

Introduction

Words: From A Col­lect­ion of Psalms and Hymns, Chief­ly In­tend­ed for Pub­lic Wor­ship, by Row­land Hill, 1783. Ar­ranged by Ma­ry L. Dun­can, 1839.

Music: Park Street Fred­er­ick M. A. Ve­nua, cir­ca 1810 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Ve­nua (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Mary L. Duncan (1814–1840)

Lyrics

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,
Arrayed in gar­ments washed in blood.

Through tri­bu­lation great they came;
They bore the cross, des­pised the shame;
But now from all their la­bors rest,
In God’s eter­nal glo­ry blest,
In God’s eter­nal glo­ry blest.

They see the Sav­ior face to face;
They sing the tri­umph of His grace;
And day and night, with cease­less praise,
To Him their loud ho­san­nas raise,
To Him their loud ho­san­nas raise.

Worthy the Lamb, for sin­ners slain,
Through end­less years to live and reign;
Thou hast re­deemed us by Thy blood,
And made us kings and priests to God.

O may we tread the sac­red road
That ho­ly saints and mar­tyrs trod;
Wage to the end the glo­ri­ous strife,
And win, like them, a crown of life,
And win, like them, a crown of life!