Text: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823–1897 |
Tune: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958 |
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.
[Chorus:]
Alleluia, Alleluia.
2. Oh, 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. [Chorus]
3. Thou art our rock, our fortress, and our might;
Thou, Lord, our captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, our one true light. [Chorus]
4. 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. [Chorus]
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. [Chorus]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For all the Saints who from their labors rest |
Title: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William Walsham How, 1823–1897 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | Alleluia, Alleluia |
Meter: | 10 10 10 (with Alleluias) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Assurance; Brotherhood; Courage(9 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872–1958 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 (with Alleluias) |
Incipit: | 53215 61253 21771 |
Key: | G Major or modal |
Source: | Reprinted from the English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press. |
Copyright: | Making copies without written permission of the copyright owner is prohibited. |