1 Lo, they come, the victors! Banners are all furled;
For the cross of Jesus conquered has the world.
Marching home in triumph, crowd the mighty thong,
One their thorn-crowned leader, one their victor song.
Refrain:
In the highest glory, He from Heaven came;
Mighty to deliver, shout aloud His name.
2 They have washed their raiment, shining, snowy white;
Clothed are they with glory, as the sons of light.
Theirs the scars of battle, when the fight was on;
Theirs the shout of triumph, now the day is won. [Refrain]
3 Up the steeps they’re thronging, to celestial heights;
Ah, what joys await them, what supreme delights!
Theirs the wedding banquet, for refreshment spread;
Like great seas the chorus, by their voices sped. [Refrain]
4 To the Captain’s roll call, all make answer, "Here!"
"Blessèd of My Father, in His name draw near."
This the purchased kingdom, this the victor song;
The eternal chorus; pour its tide along. [Refrain]
Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16100
Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy.
Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book,… Go to person page >
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