Together in Song ‎#455

455. For all the saints who from their labors rest

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who to the world their Lord by faith confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be for ever blessed.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

2 You were their rock, their fortress and their might,
you were their captain in the well fought fight;
in deepest darkness still their one true light.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

3 So may your servants, faithful, true, and bold,
fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
and win, with them, the victor's crown of gold.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

4 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine,
all yours, all joined in unity divine.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

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.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest,
the peaceful calm of paradise the blest.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

7 But see, there breaks a yet more glorious day;
the saints triumphant rise in bright array;
the King of glory calls passes on his way.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

8 From earth's wide bounds and ocean's farthest shore,
through heaven's gate the holy people pour;
the Three-in-One for ever they adore.
Hallelujah, hallelujah!

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
• Author: William Walsham How, 1823-97 (alt.)
• Meter: 10 10.10 and Hallelujahs
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1999
• Scripture:
  Colossians 1:9-14
  ;
  Ephesians 3:18-19
  ;
  Hebrews 12:1-4
  ;
  Hebrews 12:12-17
  ;
  John 15:16-17
  ;
  Philippians 2:9-11
  ;
  Revelation 7:2-10
  ;
  Revelation 7:11-17
  ;
  Revelation 19:1-4
  ;
  Revelation 21:1-4
• Topic: All Saints and All Souls; Communion of Saints; Conflict; Consummation in Christ; Forebears; Funerals; People of God; Pilgrimage; Processional Hymn

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 10 10.10 and Hallelujahs
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music from the "English Hymnal" by permission Oxford University Press