Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#581b

581b. For all the saints who from their labours rest

1 For all the saints who from their labours rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Alleluia!

2 Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou in the darkness still their one true Light.
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!

4 O blest communion! fellowship divine!
We fight as they did, 'neath the holy sign;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
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!

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!

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!

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!

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labours rest
• Author: Bp. W. Walsham How, 1823-1897
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: Second Coming of Christ; Christ: Coming again; Communion: Of Saints; The Christian Life: Time, Death, Eternity; Heaven: Saints in; Saints: In Heaven; Victory: Of Saints; Victory: Through Christ; Social Righteousness; Soldiers of Christ; Righteousness: Social; Saints: Triumphant; Solemnity of

Tune Information

• Name: ENGELBERG
• Composer: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-
• Key: G Major or modal