Text:For All the Saints
Author:William Walsham How
Tune:SINE NOMINE
Composer:Ralph Vaughan Williams

567. 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 blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly 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 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,
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 Walsham How (1864)
Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Scripture:
Topic: The Church at Worship: Testimony; Church; Perseverance (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SINE NOMINE
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 10.10.10 with alleluias
Key: F Major
Notes: Higher key, No. 481



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