421. 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;
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 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!

5 From earth’s wide bounds,
from ocean’s farthest coast,
Thro’ 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 (1823-1897)
Meter: 10.10.10.Alleluias
Publication Date: 1985
Topic: Doctrine: Eternal Life
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Meter: 10.10.10.Alleluias
Incipit: 53215 61253 32177
Key: G Major or modal
Notes: Alternate tune, ENGELBERG. no. 32


Tune Information:

Music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press.


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