Common Praise #277
| Text: | How Blessed Are All the Saints |
| Author: | Alan Gaunt (1935-) |
| Tune: | SONG 34 |
| Composer (Melody and bass): | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) |
1 How blessed are all the saints, our God,
who having crossed the troubled sea,
have gained the harbour of your peace
and rest in your tranquillity.
2 Watch over us who voyage still,
with risk and danger yet to face;
remember all beset by storms
and hold them in your steadfast grace.
3 Our vessel's frail, the ocean wide,
but your love steers, and we aspire
to gain the peaceful shore at last,
the haven of our heart's desire.
4 Then we shall praise you endlessly,
great God, to whom all praise is due;
as you have made us for yourself,
our hearts must find their rest in you.
| Text Information | |
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| First Line: | How blessed are all the saints, our God |
| Title: | How Blessed Are All the Saints |
| Author: | Alan Gaunt (1935-) |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Meter: | LM |
| Scripture: | Wisdom of Solomon 3:1-9; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2; Revelation 5:1-14; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 12:7-12 |
| Topic: | The Saints |
| Copyright: | © 1991 Stainer & Bell Ltd. / Hope Publishing Co. |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | SONG 34 |
| Composer (Melody and bass): | Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) |
| Meter: | LM |
| Source: | The English Hymnal, 1906, harm. |