Text:For All the Saints
Author:William W. How
Tune:SINE NOMINE
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams

637. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia, alleluia!

2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress and their might:
their strength and solace in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear, the one true light.
Alleluia, alleluia!

3 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We live and struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia, alleluia!

4 And when the strife is fierce, the conflict long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, alleluia!

5 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl 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 (1864, alt.)
Meter: 10 10 10 w. alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 1995
Topic: Life of Discipleship: Death and Eternal Life; God's Church: Life of Discipleship: Death and Eternal Life; Death (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 10 10 10 w. alleluias
Key: G Major



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