Sing We Triumphant Hymns of Praise

Sing we tri­umph­ant hymns of praise

New hymns to Heav­en ex­ult­ing raise:

Christ

by a road be­fore un­trod

Ascendeth to the throne of God.

The ho­ly apos­tol­ic band

Upon the Mount of Ol­ives stand

And with the vir­gin mo­ther see

Jesu’s re­splen­dent ma­jes­ty.

To whom the an­gels

draw­ing nigh

Why stand and gaze up­on the sky?

This is the Sav­ior! thus they say

This is His noble tri­umph day!

Again ye shall be­hold Him

so

As ye to­day have seen Him go;

In glo­ri­ous pomp as­cend­ing high

Up to the por­tals of the sky.

O grant us thi­ther­ward to tend

And with un­wear­ied hearts as­cend

Toward Thy king­dom’s throne

where Thou

As is our faith

art seat­ed now.

Be Thou our joy and strong de­fense

Who art our fu­ture re­com­pense:

So shall the light that springs from Thee

Be ours through all eter­ni­ty.

O ris­en Christ

as­cend­ed Lord

All praise to Thee let earth ac­cord

Who art

while end­less ag­es run

With Fa­ther and with Spir­it One.