The True Glory

Aston, Peter (1938–2013)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Occasion:
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → General Ordinary Time
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B

Publication Information:
Hinshaw (Royal School of Church Music) — RSCM-502 (1976)

Text Information:
Reference: Richard Hakluyt the Elder (written c. 1570) and Sir Francis Drake (written 1587)

Lyrics:

There must be a beginning of any great matter,
but the continuing unto the end 
until it be thoroughly finished
yields the true glory.

The greatest things are accomplished,
and the greatest achievements are won, 
by toil and by striving uninterrupted, 
toil as well of the body as of the spirit.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Mar 5, 2022