Wake, ye saints, the song of triumph

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Wake, ye saints, the song of triumph

Author: Jane Leeson (1861)
Tune: PRESCOTT (Stewart)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1. Wake, ye saints, the song of triumph,
Let the hallelujahs ring
To the Lord on high ascended,
Christ our Brother, Christ our King:
Entered now within the veil,
Jesus! our Forerunner, hail!

2. Parted in the act of blessing,
To His foll'wers still he cleaves;
Though the highest Heav'n receives him,
Still he loves the Earth he leaves.
Seated on his Father's throne,
Still he calls mankind his own.

3. Well He knew it was expedient,
For our sake, that He should go;
That the promise of the Father
Might be shed on us below.
Now, though widowed and bereft,
Not as orphans are we left.

4. By the Spirit of adoption,
Abba, Father, taught us to say,
Waiting till our Head shall call us,
Up the Heav'n-illumined way;
Blessed Lord, in brightest view,
Ever we look up to you.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #170

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Author: Jane Leeson

Leeson, Jane E.. The earliest work by Miss Leeson with which we are acquainted is her Infant Hymnings. Then followed Hymns and Scenes of Childhood, or A Sponsor's Gift (London, James Burns; Nottingham, Dearden), 1842, in which the Infant Hymnings were incorporated. Concerning Pt. ii. of the Hymns and Scenes, &c, Miss Leeson says, "For the best of the Poems in the second part, the Writer is indebted to a friend." In the Rev. Henry Formby's Catholic Hymns arranged in order for the principal Festivals, Feasts of Saints, and other occasions of Devotion throughout the Year, London, Burns and Lambert, N.D. [1851], "Imprimatur, N. Cardinalis Wiseman, May 3rd, 1853," her translation of Victimae Paschali (“Christ the Lord is risen to-day"), and he… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Wake, ye saints, the song of triumph
Author:	Jane Leeson (1861)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.7.7
Source:	Catholic Apostolic Hymns for the Use of the Churches, 1864
Language:	English