Reward of Saints

Who are these in bright array

No. 997
Metre 7s. P.
Tune WHITE ROBES.
Words James Montgomery.
Music Unknown.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Who are these in bright array,This exulting, happy throng,Round the altar night and day,Singing one triumphant song?

Chorus.

Clean robes, white robesRobes for the righteous,Robes for the righteous,Wait in the vestry of the Lord,White robes wait for me.

These through fiery trials trod;These through-great afflictions came;Now before the throne of God,Sealed with his almighty name;

Clad in raiment pure and white,Victor palms in every hand,Through their great Redeemer's might,More than conquerors they stand.

Joy and gladness banish sighs;Perfect love dispels all fears;And forever from their eyesGod shall wipe away their tears.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «REWARD OF SAINTS.» (shared with hymn 996 on the same page); hymn number «997» (large), tune name «WHITE ROBES. 7s. P.» centred over the music (condensed display capitals, the «P.» in small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear in a small condensed bold type, one line per system, with «1.» before it: system 1 «Who are these in bright ar - ray, This ex-ulting, hap-py throng, Round the altar night and day, Sing-ing one tri-», system 2 «umphant song ? Clean robes, white robes { Robes for the righteous, / Robes for the righteous, } Wait in the vestry of the Lord, White robes wait for me.»; the syllable hyphens and the word «tri- / umphant» split by the system break are joined here. The word «Chorus.» is printed in bold above the treble at «Clean robes»; the chorus words are printed only under stanza 1 and are sung after every stanza; the bar «Robes for the righteous,» stands between repeat signs and carries the same words twice (two rows in braces), so the line is written twice here. No comma is printed after «white robes». No reference line is printed. Stanzas 2–4 follow as text in two columns (stanza 2 and the first half of stanza 3 left, the rest of stanza 3 and stanza 4 right), numbered «2» … «4» without a full stop (written «2.» etc. here), lines 2 and 4 of each half-stanza indented; «James Montgomery.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («trod ;», «song ?», «sighs ;», «fears ;»); it is closed up here; the curly apostrophe of «Redeemer's» is written straight. In stanza 2, line 2, the print has a hyphen-like stroke between «through» and «great» («through-great»); it is kept as printed (see uncertainties.md). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.