The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) ‎#301

301. 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;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
And Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light:
Alleluia! Alleluia!

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

4 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!

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 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
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2001
• Topic: Church; Funeral; Heaven; Trinity; Victory

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (alt.)
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press, from "The English Hymnal"