The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#629

629. For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest

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;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

7 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!

8 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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
• Title: For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest
• Author: William Walsham How (1864, (Text of 1875))
• Meter: 10 10 10, 4 4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Last Things: Heaven; All Saint' Day; Christian Soldiers; Spiritual Warfare

Tune Information

• Name: SARUM
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1869)
• Meter: 10 10 10, 4 4.
• Key: E♭ Major