Ye Servants of Our Glorious King

Ye servants of our glorious King,
To Him your thankful praises bring;
And tell the deeds that grace has done,
The triumphs by His martyrs won.

Since they were faithful to the last,
Their holy struggles now are past;
The bitterness of death is o’er,
And theirs is bliss forevermore.

The flame might scorch, the knife lay bare,
And cruel beasts their members tear;
No powers of earth, no powers of hell
The souls that loved their Lord could quell.

Forever broken is the chain
That sought to bind them, but in vain;
O let us strive like them to win
Our freedom from the bonds of sin.

O Savior, may our portion be
With those who gave themselves to Thee,
Through all eternity to sing
All praise to Thee, the martyrs’ King.

Author: Unknown

This appears to be an English translation of the Latin hymn 'Rex gloriose martyrum' (from the 6th-10th century period). The translator is unidentified in common sources; it is sometimes attributed to the 19th-century translator J. M. Neale or to anonymous sources in older Catholic or Anglican hymnals. No single clear author for the English version is established.