Posted on 10/21/2014 9:21:28 AM PDT by xzins
Sing with All the Saints in Glory
Lyrics: William Irons
Music: Ludwig von Beethoven; arr. by Edward Hodges
Tune: HYMN TO JOY, Meter: 87.87 D
2. O what glory, far exceeding
all that eye has yet perceived!
Holiest hearts, for ages pleading,
never that full joy conceived.
God has promised, Christ prepares it,
there on high our welcome waits.
Every humble spirit shares it;
Christ has passed th’eternal gates.
3. Life eternal! heaven rejoices;
Jesus lives, who once was dead.
Join we now the deathless voices;
child of God, lift up your head!
Patriarchs from the distant ages,
saints all longing for their heaven,
prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages,
all await the glory given.
4. Life eternal! O what wonders
crowd on faith; what joy unknown,
when, amidst earth's closing thunders,
saints shall stand before the throne!
O to enter that bright portal,
see that glowing firmament;
know, with thee, O God Immortal,
“Jesus Christ whom thou has sent!”
3. Life eternal! heaven rejoices;
Jesus lives, who once was dead.
Join we now the deathless voices;
child of God, lift up your head!
Patriarchs from the distant ages,
saints all longing for their heaven,
prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages,
all await the glory given.
It is a wonderful thing to acknowledge that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses
I’m more familiar with Beethoven’s Chorale in the form of the hymn “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee.” I had never heard of this one. But it’s beautiful.
Yes, it has the same 87 87 meter, so Beethoven’s number fit it.
Contemplating those sages of old who are still under God’s watchful care is spiritually envigorating. Death has no victory.
Yes, it has the same 87 87 meter, so Beethoven’s number fit it.
Contemplating those sages of old who are still under God’s watchful care is spiritually envigorating. Death has no victory.
“God has promised, Christ prepares it,
there on high our welcome waits.
Every humble spirit shares it;
Christ has passed th’eternal gates.”
I know the soprano, alto, and tenor parts to this.
Lol. You need to change your name to choir-chick
It would be more up-to-date: I’ve been out of the tax biz for more than a decade.
Once a choir director realizes you have a lot of range, you end up as a “floater.” “Hey, none of the ‘real’ tenors is here today, but T-c can do it!”
Good training...hear you’ll be a ‘floater’ in heaven, too.
:>)
I’m looking forward to learning new music with a choir that’s never shorthanded or missing an accompanist.
I’m looking forward to singing in a choir where I actually can read the notes. I’m a tenor, and I’m always so relieved when one of the real tenor leaders shows up.
Tenor scores are difficult, always jumping above the staff.
I remember my friends and I tried to count how many hymns used “Ode To Joy”. Also we heard it a lot at Kid Masses as I have that it is an easy song to learn to play on the piano. I wouldn’t know. Not that musically inclined.
I will be humming this all day. Probably one of the few I can actually sing. :)
Maybe I’ll do a few verses of “Ode to Joy” on the treadmill this afternoon. (If you can sing while you’re running, you’re not trying hard enough ;-).
Just be careful! :)
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