Hymn
The Saints In Glory
Give me the wings of faith to rise
Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
I ask them whence their victory came;
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to His death.
They marked the footsteps that He trod,
His zeal inspired their breast;
And, following their incarnate God,
Possess the promised rest.
Our glorious Leader claims our praise
For His own pattern given,
While the long cloud of witnesses
Show the same path to heaven.
The Saints In Glory — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-saints-in-glory
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Saints In Glory?
The words of The Saints In Glory were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1920. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including A Morning Hymn and O God, Our Help in Ages Past.
Is The Saints In Glory public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Saints In Glory?
The Saints In Glory is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Behold Us, Lord, a Little Space, Looking at the Cross and The Glorious Reign of Christ on Earth.