Singing the Living Tradition ‎#103

103. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name most holy be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might;
their strength and solace in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness deep their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 O blest communion of the saints divine!
We live in 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 conflict long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
• Title: For All the Saints
• Author: William Walsham How, 1823-1897
• Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluia
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1993
• Topic: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men: Exemplars and Pioneers; All Souls and Samhain; The Living Tradition; Ministry; Ordination and Installation

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 10.10.10. with Alleluia
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Used by perm. of Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now Public Domain