Lo! what a cloud of witnesses (Henry J. Gauntlett)
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- (Posted 2023-05-01) CPDL #73679:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-05-01). 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 2023-05-01) CPDL #73678:
- Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2023-05-01). Score information: A4, 1 page, 87 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: The hymn in the version published in The Hymnal 1982, melody with words.
General Information
Title: Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
Composer: Henry J. Gauntlett
Tune: St Fulbert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard
First published:
Description: Text from Translations and Paraphrases, 1745. A descant to the hymn can be found here.
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Original text and translations
English text
Lo! what a cloud of witnesses
encompass us around!
They, once like us with suffering tried,
are now with glory crowned.
Let us, with zeal like theirs inspired,
strive in the Christian race;
and, freed from every weight of sin,
their holy footsteps trace.
Behold a Witness nobler still,
who trod affliction’s path:
Jesus, the author, finisher,
rewarder of our faith.
He, for the joy before him set,
and moved by pitying love,
endured the cross, despised the shame,
and now he reigns above.
Thither, forgetting things behind,
press we to God’s right hand;
there, with the Savior and his saints,
triumphantly to stand.