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Text:For All the Saints
Author:William W. How, 1823-1897
Tune:SINE NOMINE
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

708. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who you by faith before the world confessed,
Your Name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, alleluia!

2 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design.
Alleluia, alleluia!

3 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon to the loyal faithful comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise so blest.
Alleluia, alleluia!

4 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of Glory passes on his way.
Alleluia, alleluia!

5 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
Through gates of heav'n streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
Title: For All the Saints
Author: William W. How, 1823-1897 (alt.)
Meter: 10 10 10 with alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2019
Topic: Solemnities and Feasts: Saints
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 10 10 10 with alleluias
Key: G Major or modal
Source: The English Hymnal, 1906



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