Grand Isle
I sing a song of the saints of God
293
The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
Various Recordings
Metric Index
Irr.
Modality
C Major
15-Pitch Humming Index
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Author
Lesbia Scott [b. 1898 (alt.)]
Composer
John Henry Hopkins [1861-1945]
Language
English
Publication Date
1985
Topic
Holy Days and Various Occasions: Saints' Days
Last Five Uses
• Used on Nov 07, 2021 10:30 as the Choral Anthem at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Nov 05, 2017 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 06, 2016 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 01, 2015 10:00 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 03, 2013 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 05, 2017 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 06, 2016 10:00 as the Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 01, 2015 10:00 as the Post Communion Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Nov 03, 2013 10:00 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
Poem Words (Three verses)
1.
I sing a song of the saints of God,
patient and brave and true,
who toiled and fought and lived and died
for the Lord they loved and knew.
And one was a doctor, and one was a queen,
and one was a shepherdess on the green:
they were all of them saints of God--and I mean,
God helping, to be one too.
patient and brave and true,
who toiled and fought and lived and died
for the Lord they loved and knew.
And one was a doctor, and one was a queen,
and one was a shepherdess on the green:
they were all of them saints of God--and I mean,
God helping, to be one too.
2.
They loved their Lord so dear, so dear,
and his love made them strong;
and they followed the right, for Jesus' sake,
the whole of their good lives long.
And one was a soldier, and one was a priest,
and one was slain by a fierce wild beast:
and there's not any reason, no, not the least
why I shouldn't be one too.
and his love made them strong;
and they followed the right, for Jesus' sake,
the whole of their good lives long.
And one was a soldier, and one was a priest,
and one was slain by a fierce wild beast:
and there's not any reason, no, not the least
why I shouldn't be one too.
3.
They lived not only in ages past,
there are hundreds of thousands still;
the world is bright with the joyous saints
who love to do Jesus' will.
You can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea,
in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea;
for the saints of God are just folk like me,
and I mean to be one too.
there are hundreds of thousands still;
the world is bright with the joyous saints
who love to do Jesus' will.
You can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea,
in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea;
for the saints of God are just folk like me,
and I mean to be one too.
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