Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Head of the Church triumphant (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Head of the Church triumphant

Topic: Public Worship/Closing

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: W Bradbury

Meter: 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7

Tune: Triumph (Stop)

Hymn Number: 555

Page Number: 200, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Head of the Church triumphant!

We joy-ful-ly a-dore thee;

Till thou appear, thy members here

Shall sing like those in-glo-ry.

We lift our hearts and voices

In blest an-tic-i-pation,

And cry aloud, and give to God

The praise of our sal-vation.