Who are these arrayed in white? (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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• (Posted 2016-11-24)  CPDL #42028:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-11-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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• (Posted 2007-11-14)  CPDL #15419:         

Editor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-13).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 27 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: SATB version in English from the Cyber Hymnal™

General Information

Title: Who are these arrayed in white?
Composer: Louis Spohr
Arranger: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Leyden
Lyricist: Charles Wesley

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 77. 77. D

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

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English text

1  Who are these arrayed in white, Brighter than the noon-day sun? Foremost of the sons of light; Nearest the eternal throne? These are they that bore the cross, Nobly for their Master stood; Sufferers in His righteous cause, Followers of the dying God. 2  Out of great distress they came, Washed their robes by faith below, In the blood of yonder Lamb, Blood that washes white as snow: Therefore are they next the throne, Serve their Maker day and night: God resides among His own, God doth in His saints delight.

3  More than conquerors at last, Here they find their trials o’er; They have all their sufferings past, Hunger now and thirst no more: No excessive heat they feel From the sun’s directed ray; In a milder clime they dwell, Region of eternal day. 4  He that on the throne doth reign, Them the Lamb shall always feed, With the tree of life sustain, To the living fountains lead; He shall all their sorrows chase, All their wants at once remove, Wipe the tears from every face, Fill up every soul with love.