The Hymnbook ‎#425

425. For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest

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 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 O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
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!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
• Title: For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest
• Author: William Walsham How (1864)
• Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Proverbs 4:18
  ;
  Revelation 7:9
  ;
  Revelation 14:13
• Topic: All Saints' Day; Christ: Captain; Church, The: Church Triumphant; Funeral Services; Life Everlasting, The; Saints; Soldiers of Christ; Life in Christ: Life Everlasting, The

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: R. Vaughan Williams (1906; alt., 1927)
• Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4.
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Music from The Church Hymnary, Revised Edition. Used by permission of Oxford University Press.