Scripture Verse

Sing unto the Lord a new song; for He hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory. Psalm 98:1

Introduction

Words: Je­re­mi­ah E. Ran­kin, in Ech­oes of Pa­ra­dise, com­piled by Tho­ro Har­ris (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Charles H. Wood­man, 1903), num­ber 5, alt.

Music: Sa­naa ar­rang­ed from Ri­chard Wag­ner’s op­era Lo­hen­grin by Is­aac V. Flag­ler, 1894 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Flag­ler (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Jeremiah E. Rankin (1828–1904)

Lyrics

Lo, they come, the vic­tors!
Banners are all furled;
For the cross of Je­sus
Conquered has the world.
Marching home in tri­umph,
Crowd the migh­ty throng,
One their thorn-crowned lead­er,
One their vic­tor song.

Refrain

In the high­est glo­ry,
He from Hea­ven came;
Mighty to de­li­ver,
Shout aloud His name.

They have washed their rai­ment,
Shining, snowy white;
Clothed are they with glo­ry,
As the sons of light.
Theirs the scars of bat­tle,
When the fight was on;
Theirs the shout of tri­umph,
Now the day is won.

Refrain

Up the steeps they’re throng­ing,
To ce­les­ti­al heights;
Ah, what joys await them,
What su­preme de­lights!
Theirs the wed­ding ban­quet,
For re­fresh­ment spread;
Like great seas the cho­rus,
By their voic­es sped.

Refrain

To the Cap­tain’s roll call,
All make an­swer, Here!
Blessèd of My Fa­ther,
In His name draw near.

This the pur­chased king­dom,
This the vic­tor song;
The eter­nal cho­rus;
Pour its tide along.

Refrain