Trinity Hymnal ‎#284

284. Let our choir new anthems raise

1 Let our choir new anthems raise,
Wake the mourn with gladness;
God himself to joy and praise
Turns the martyrs' sadness:
Bright the day that won their crown,
Opened heav'ns bright portal,
As they laid the mortal down
And put on th' 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
Momentary anguish.
Up and follow, Christian men!
Press through toil and sorrow;
Spurn the night of fear, and then,
O the glorious morrow!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Let our choir new anthems raise
• Author: Joseph, the hymnographer, 9th century
• Translator and Arranger: John Mason Neale (1862, st. 1, line 5, alt.)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Revelation 2:10
• Topic: Christian warfare; Christians: Triumph of; The Church: The Communion of Saints; Crown of Life; Martyrs; Resurrection and Life Everlasting; Satan

Tune Information

• Name: ST. KEVIN
• Composer: Sir Arthur S. Sullivan (1872)
• Meter: 7. 6. 7. 6. D.
• Key: F Major