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For thy blest saints, a noble throng
Author: Cecil Francis Alexander, 1818-1895 Hymnal: The Hymnal 1982 #276 (1985) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint James (July 25) Lyrics: 1. For thy blest saints, a noble throng,
who fell by fire and sword,
or early died or flourished long,
we praise thy Name, 0 Lord.
2. For James who left his father's side,
not lingering by the sea:
he heard what could not be denied,
thy summons, "Follow me";
3. he stood with thee beside the dead;
he climbed the mount with thee,
and saw the glory round thy head,
one of thy chosen three;
4. he knelt beneath the olive shade;
he drank thy cup of pain;
and slain by Herod's flashing blade,
he saw thy face again.
5. Lord, may we learn to drink thy cup,
and meek and firm be found,
when thou shalt come to take us up
where thine elect are crowned.
Languages: English Tune Title: DUNLAP'S CREEK
For thy blest saints, a noble throng
God of saints, to whom the number
Author: John Ellerton, 1826-1893 Hymnal: The Hymnal 1982 #280 (1985) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint Bartholomew (August 24) Lyrics: 1. God of saints, to whom the number
of the starry host is known:
many saints by earth forgotten
live for ever round your throne.
2. In the roll of your apostles
stands the name Bartholomew,
for this faithful saint we offer,
year by year, our thanks to you.
3. All his faith, and prayer, and patience,
all his toiling, and his strife,
all are veiled from us, but written
in the Lamb's great book of life.
4. There are named the blessed faithful
of the new Jerusalem.
When Christ comes again in glory,
number us, we pray, with them,
Languages: English Tune Title: HALTON HOLGATE
God of saints, to whom the number
He sat to watch o'er customs paid
Author: William Bright, 1824-1901 Hymnal: The Hymnal 1982 #281 (1985) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint Matthew (Septmber 21) Lyrics: 1. He sat to watch o'er customs paid,
a man of scorned and hardening trade,
alike the symbol and the tool
of foreign master's hated rule.
2. But grace within his heart had stirred,
there needed but the timely word;
it came, true Lord of souls, from thee,
that royal summons, "Follow me."
3. Enough, when thou wast passing by,
to hear thy voice, to meet thine eye;
he rose, responsive to the call,
and left his task, his gains, his all.
4. O wise exchange! with these to part,
and lay up treasures in the heart;
let them of Matthew's wealth partake,
who yield up all for Jesus' sake.
Languages: English Tune Title: BRESLAU
He sat to watch o'er customs paid
O ye immortal throng
Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751; Charles P. Price, b. 1920 Hymnal: The Hymnal 1982 #284 (1985) Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint Michael and All Angels (September 29) Languages: English Tune Title: CROFT'S 136TH
O ye immortal throng
What thanks and praise to thee we owe
Author: William Dalrymple Maclagan, 1826-1910 Hymnal: The Hymnal 1982 #285 (1985) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Holy Days and Various Occasions Saint Luke (October 18) Lyrics: 1. What thanks and praise to thee we owe,
eternal God and Word divine,
for Luke, thy saint through whom we know
so many gracious words of thine.
2. O happy saint! his sacred page,
so rich in words of truth and love,
pours on the Church from age to age
the healing unction from above.
3. Historian of the Savior's life,
the great apostle's chosen friend,
through weary years of toil and strife
was still found faithful to the end.
4. So grant us, Lord, like him to live,
beloved on earth, approved by thee,
till thou at last the summons give,
and we, with him, thy face shall see. Languages: English Tune Title: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM
What thanks and praise to thee we owe
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