The Church Triumphant
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Difficulty
Moderate
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Description
SATB and organ. Text by Charles Wesley.
Notes: A short, impressive anthem for All Saints or any Saints day. A stately march tempo will give the required sense of grandeur. At bar 27, the chords should sound together and dynamics should be observed to achieve contrast with the opening section. A fortissimo flourish concludes the piece. Keep the notes sustained right until the end and tell your singers not to forget to go to the coda!
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Lyrics
The Church triumphant in thy love,
their might joys we know;
they sing the Lamb in hymns above,
and we in hymns below.
Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,
and bow before thy throne;
we in the kingdom of thy grace:
the kingdoms are but one.