These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14
Words: From A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Chiefly Intended for Public Worship, by Rowland Hill, 1783. Original title: Exalted High at God’s Right Hand. The version below appeared in Thomas Cotterill’s Selection, 1810, number 122.
Music: Tavoy, from Harmonia Sacra, fifth edition, 1851, by Joseph Funk (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good picture of Funk (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Lo! round the throne at God’s right hand
The saints in countless myriads stand,
Of every tongue redeemed to God,
Arrayed in garments washed in blood.
Through tribulation great they came;
They bore the cross, despised the shame;
From all their labors now they rest,
In God’s eternal glory blest.
Hunger and thirst they feel no more;
Nor sin, nor pain, nor death deplore;
The tears are wiped from every eye,
And sorrow yields to endless joy.
They see their Savior face to face,
And sing the triumphs of His grace,
Him, day and night they ceaseless praise,
To Him their loud hosannas raise.
Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain,
Through endless years to live and reign;
Thou hast redeemed us by Thy blood,
And made us kings and priests to God.