The Church Hymnary ‎#548

548. Let the saints new anthems raise

1 Let the saints new anthems raise:
Wake the morn with gladness:
God Himself, to joy and praise,
Turns the martyrs' sadness:
This the day that won their crown,
Opened heaven's bright portal,
As they laid the mortal down,
And put on the immortal.

2 Never flinched they from the flame,
From the torture, never;
Vain the foeman's sharpest aim,
Satan's best endeavor:
For by faith they saw the land
Decked in all its glory,
Where triumphant now they stand
With the victor's story.

3 Faith they had that knew not shame,
Love that could not languish,
And eternal hope o'ercame
That one moment's anguish.
Up and follow, Christian men!
Press through toil and sorrow!
Spurn the night of fear, and then
O the glorious morrow!

Text Information

• First Line: Let the saints new anthems raise
• Author: Joseph of the Stadium (ab. 820)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Meter: P. M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1891
• Topic: The Christian Life

Tune Information

• Name: ST. KEVIN
• Composer: A. S. Sullivan
• Meter: P. M
• Key: G Major