Joseph Barnby - For the Apostles' glorious company - текст песни (слова)

For the Apostles' glorious company,
 Who bearing forth the Cross o'er land and sea,
 Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee:
 Alleluia!
 
 For the Evangelists, by whose blest word,
 Like fourfold streams, the garden of the Lord,
 Is fair and fruitful, be Thy Name adored.
 Alleluia!
 
 For Martyrs, who with rapture kindled eye,
 Saw the bright crown descending from the sky,
 And seeing, grasped it, Thee we glorify.
 Alleluia!
 Amen.