Hymns for Youth ‎#148

148. Lo! What a Cloud of Witnesses

1. Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
Encompass us around!
Men once like us with suffering tried,
But now with glory crowned.

2. Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired,
Strive in the Christian race;
And, freed from every weight of sin,
Their holy footsteps trace.

3. Behold a witness nobler still,
Who trod affliction's path:
Jesus, the author, finisher,
Rewarder of our faith.

4. He, for the joy before Him set,
And moved by pitying love,
Endured the cross, despised the shame,
And now He reigns above.

5. Thither, forgetting things behind,
Press we to God's right hand;
There with the Sviour and His saints
Triumphantly to stand.

Text Information

• First Line: Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
• Title: Lo! What a Cloud of Witnesses
• Meter: C M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:1-3
• Source: Scottish Translations and Paraphrases, 1745, altered

Tune Information

• Name: ST. FLAVIAN
• Meter: C M
• Incipit: 11713 22114 31233
• Key: F Major
• Source: John Day's Psalter, 1562