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WHO are these arrayed in white, Brighter than the noonday sun, Home-called of the sons of light, Now before th’eternal throne? |
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2 | These are they who bore the cross, Faithful to their Master died, Suffered in His righteous cause, Followers of the Crucified. |
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3 | Out of great distress they came, And their robes by faith below, In the blood of Christ the Lamb, They have washed as white as snow. |
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4 | More than conquerors at last, Here they find their trials o’er: They have all their sufferings passed, Hunger is, and thirst, no more. |
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5 | He that on the throne doth reign Them for evermore shall feed, With the tree of life sustain, To the living fountain lead. |
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6 | He shall all their griefs remove, He shall all their wants supply; God Himself, the God of love, Tears shall wipe from every eye. |
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Charles Wesley, 1707-88 |