Palms of glory, raiment bright
Palms of glory, raiment bright. James Montgomery (1771-1854).
This is one of many hymns written by Montgomery for the Sheffield Sunday-School Union, and first printed on a broadsheet for their Whitsuntide anniversary in June 1829. It had six stanzas. It was published in Montgomery’s Poet’s Portfolio (1835) and in his Original Hymns (1853), where it was entitled ‘Heaven in prospect’ (in the 1873 edition it was entitled ‘Victory through the Cross’). It was included in the Second Edition of A&M (1875) in the section ‘Festivals of Martyrs and other Holy Days’, and has remained in the A&M repertoire up to and including A&MCP. It is also in EH and NEH, but it is not normally found in...
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