Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#596b

596b. O what their joy and their glory must be

1 O what their joy and their glory must be,
Those endless Sabbaths the blessed ones see!
Crowns for the valiant, to weary ones rest;
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.

2 Truly Jerusalem name we that shore,
Vision of Peace, that brings joy evermore;
Wish and fulfilment can severed be ne'er,
Nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.

3 We, where no troubles distraction can bring,
Safely the anthems of Sion shall sing;
While for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
Thy blessed people shall evermore raise. A-men.

4 Low before him with our praises we fall,
Of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all:
Of whom, the Father; and in whom, the Son;
Through whom, the Spirit, with these ever One.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O what their joy and their glory must be
• Author: Peter Abelard, 1079 - 1142
• Translator: John Mason Neale, 1818 - 66
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Life In Christ: Commemoration

Tune Information

• Name: O QUANTA QUALIA (REGNATOR ORBIS)
• Meter: 10 10, 10 10. Dactylic.
• Key: G Major
• Source: L Feillee's Methode du Plain-Chant, 1808