Elizabeth Rundle Charles' original

From Oremus Hymnal

1 A hymn of glory let us sing

A hymn of glory let us sing

A hymn of glory let us sing ;
new hymns throughout the world shall ring;
by a new way none ever trod,
Christ mounteth to the throne of God.

The apostles on the mountain stand—
the mystic mount—in Holy Land ;
they, with the Virgin-mother, see
Jesus ascend in majesty.

The angels say to the eleven,
“Why stand ye gazing into heaven?
This is the Savior—this is he !
Jesus hath triumphed gloriously!”

They said the Lord should come again.
as these beheld him rising then,
calm soaring through the radiant sky,
mounting its dazzling summits high.

May our affections thither tend,
and thither constantly ascend,
where, seated on the Father's throne,
thee reigning in the heavens we own!

Be thou our present joy, O Lord,
who wilt be ever our reward;
and as the countless ages flee,
may all our glory be in thee!