Oremus Hymnal: Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor
Words: George Hugh Bourne, 1874
Music: St. Helen
Meter: 87 87 444 77
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendor,
first-begotten from the dead.
Thou alone, our strong defender,
liftest up thy people's head.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Jesus, true and living bread!
Here our humblest homage pay we,
here in loving reverence bow;
here for faith's discernment pray we,
lest we fail to know thee now.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou art here, we ask not how.
Though the lowliest form doth veil thee
as of old in Bethlehem,
here as there thine angels hail thee,
branch and flower of Jesse's stem.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
We in worship join with them.
Paschal Lamb, thine offering, finished
once for all when thou was slain,
in its fullness undiminished
shall for evermore remain.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Cleansing souls from every stain.
Life-imparting heavenly Manna,
stricken Rock with streaming side,
heaven and earth with loud hosanna
worship thee, the Lamb who died.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Risen, ascended, glorified!
Go to the Oremus website above to hear the MIDI for the tune, if you don't already know it!
The tune in the Oremus Hymnal is really a dull piece of work - even though it does also appear in the 1982 Hymnal. The magnificent tune we use is the one called "St Helen" which is by Sir George C. Martin. There ios, by the way, an excellent multi-volume commentary on the 1982 Hymnal, dealinng with words and writers, tunes and composers.
The tune in the Oremus Hymnal is really a dull piece of work - even though it does also appear in the 1982 Hymnal. The magnificent tune we use is the one called "St Helen" which is by Sir George C. Martin. There ios, by the way, an excellent multi-volume commentary on the 1982 Hymnal, dealinng with words and writers, tunes and composers.