Above: St. Bartholomew, by El Greco
Image in the Public Domain
Text by John Athelstan Laurie Riley (1858-1906)
Hymn Source = The English Hymnal (1906)
A Hymn for the Feast of St. Bartholomew (That, at least, is how The English Hymnal of 1906 classifies the text.)
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Saints of God! Lo, Jesu’s people
Age to age your glory tell;
In his name for us ye labored,
Now in bliss eternal dwell.
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Twelve poor men, by Christ anointed,
Braved the rich, the wise, the great,
All the world counts dear rejecting,
Rapt in their apostolate.
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Thus the earth their death-wounds purchased,
Hallowed by the blood therefrom,
On her bosom bore the nations,
Laved, illumined,–Christendom.
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On this feast, almighty Father,
May we praise thee with the Son,
Evermore his love confessing,
Who from Both with Both is One.
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