God of saints, to whom the number (William Boyce)
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- (Posted 2022-03-14) CPDL #68421:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-14). Score information: A4, 1 page, 44 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn with harmony and underlaid words in the version published in The Hymnal 1982.
- (Posted 2022-03-14) CPDL #68420:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2022-03-14). Score information: A4, 1 page, 76 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: God of saints, to whom the number
Composer: William Boyce
Tune: Halton Holgate
Lyricist: John Ellerton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 87. 87
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
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Original text and translations
English text
God of saints, to whom the number
of the starry host is known:
many saints by earth forgotten
live for ever round your throne.
In the roll of your apostles
stands the name Bartholomew,
for this faithful saint we offer,
year by year, our thanks to you.
All his faith and prayer and patience,
all his toiling and his strife,
all are veiled from us, but written
in the Lamb’s great book of life.
There are named the blessed faithful
of the new Jerusalem.
When Christ comes again in glory,
number us, we pray, with them.