Text:For All the Saints
Author:William Walsham How, 1823-1897
Tune:SINE NOMINE
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958

103. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name most holy be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
their strength and solace in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness deep their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 O blest communion of the saints divine!
We live in struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 And when the strife is fierce, the conflict long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
Title: For All the Saints
Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897
Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluia
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men: Exemplars and Pioneers; All Souls and Samhain; The Living Tradition (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluia
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Used by perm. of Oxford University Press
Notes: Now Public Domain



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