O happy band of pilgrims (Joseph Barnby)

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• (Posted 2018-11-15)  CPDL #52073:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-11-15).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the edition on IMSLP. Note values halved.

General Information

Title: O happy band of pilgrims
Composer: Joseph Barnby
Lyricist: John Mason Neale

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn   Meter: 76. 76

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1897 in Hymn Tunes, no. 83, p. 41
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Original text and translations

English text

1  O happy band of pilgrims, If onward ye will tread With Jesus as your Fellow To Jesus as your Head! 2  O happy if ye labour As Jesus did for men; O happy if ye hunger As Jesus hungered then!

3  The cross that Jesus carried He carried as your due; The crown that Jesus weareth, He weareth it for you. 4  The faith by which ye see him, The hope in which ye yearn, The love that through all troubles To him alone will turn,

5  What are they but forerunners To lead you to his sight? What are they save the effluence Of uncreated light? 6  The trials that beset you, The sorrows ye endure, The manifold temptations That death alone can cure,

7  What are they but his jewels Of right celestial worth? What are they but the ladder Set up to heaven on earth? 8  O happy band of pilgrims, Look upward to the skies, Where such a light affliction Shall win you such a prize!