1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be for ever 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 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of Glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
6 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, 1875) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.al. |
| Scripture: | Hebrews 11; Revelation 14:13 |
| Topic: | Funerals; Christ: Rock; Christians: Triumph of3 more... |
| Language: | English |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | SINE NOMINE |
| Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.al. |
| Key: | G Major |
| Copyright: | Tune from the English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press. |