The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#666

666. For all the saints who from their labours rest

1 For all the saints, who from their labours rest,
who to the world by faith their Lord confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be for ever blest:
Alleluia, alleluia!

2 You were their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
You, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight,
and in the darkness their unfailing light:
Alleluia, alleluia!

3 So may Your 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 O holy people, fellowship divine!
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine:
in earth and heaven the saints in praise combine:
Alleluia, alleluia!

5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
faintly we hear the distant triumph-song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong:
Alleluia, alleluia!

6 The golden evening brightens in the west;
soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest:
and peaceful calm of Paradise the blessed:
Alleluia, alleluia!

7 But look! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
saints all-triumphant rise in bright array;
the King of glory passes on His way!
Alleluia, alleluia!

8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,
through gates of pearl, ascending, they adore
the Father, Son and Spirit evermore:
Alleluia, alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labours rest
• Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897 (adapt.)
• Meter: 10 10 10 and Alleluias
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Source: Adapt.: Jubilate Hymns
• Copyright: Adapt. © Jubilate Hymns

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 10 10 10 and Alleluias
• Key: G Major
• Source: English Hymnal, 1906
• Copyright: Music by permission of Oxford University Press