The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6137

6137. Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise

1. Sing we triumphant hymns of praise,
New hymns to Heaven exulting raise:
Christ, by a road before untrod,
Ascendeth to the throne of God.

2. The holy apostolic band
Upon the Mount of Olives stand,
And with the virgin mother see
Jesu’s resplendent majesty.

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

4. Again ye shall behold Him, so
As ye today have seen Him go;
In glorious pomp ascending high,
Up to the portals of the sky.

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

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

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

Text Information

• First Line: Sing we triumphant hymns of praise
• Title: Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise
• Latin Title: Hymnum canamus gloriae
• Author: The Venerable Bede
• Translator (from Latin): Benjamin Webb
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: translation in The Hymnal Noted, 1854
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: BEATA NOBIS GAUDIA, melody from Psalterium Chorale (Constance: 1510)

Tune Information

• Name: TUGWOOD
• Composer: Nicholas C. Gatty (1906)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 55555 66551 23543
• Key: D Major
• Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 146
• Copyright: Public Domain