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

449. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who their great faith to all the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Alleluia, alleluia!

2 You were their rock, their fortress and their might,
Their strength and solace in the well fought fight,
And in the darkness their unfailing light.
Alleluia, alleluia!

3 O blest communion, family divine,
We live and struggle, you in glory shine;
Yet all are one within God's great design.
Alleluia, alleluia!

4 And when the strife is fierce, the conflict long,
Then from the distance sounds the triumph song,
And hearts are bold again, and courage strong.
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.)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1994
Scripture:
Topic: Saints
Notes: Public domain in the U.S.
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 10 10 with Alleluias
Key: F Major
Source: English Hymnal



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