Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious
Look, ye saints, the sight is glorious. Thomas Kelly* (1769-1855).
First published in the Third Edition of Kelly’s Hymns on Various Passages of Scripture (1809), with the title ‘The Second Advent’. It refers to the return of Jesus Christ to heaven rather than to the second coming of Christ to earth. It is therefore often used for Ascension-tide. It is based on Revelation 7: 9-15, but was headed with a quotation from Revelation 11:15: ‘And he shall reign for ever and ever’:
Look, ye saints! the sight is glorious, See the Man of Sorrows now,From the fight returned victorious; Every knee to Him shall bow. Crown Him! Crown Him! Crowns become the victor’s brow.
Crown the Saviour, angels...
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