Text: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Tune: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
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 | |
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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: | 2015 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; |
Topic: | Church; Eternal Life/Heaven; Saints(3 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 with alleluias |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Source: | English Hymnal, 1906 |