The Hymnal ‎#429b

429b. 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
• Author: Bishop William Walsham How (1864)
• Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4.
• Publication Date: 1950
• Topic: The Life Everlasting; All Saints' Day; Communion of Saints; Eternal Life; Funeral Services; Heaven; Immortal Life; Memorial Days; Saints, Communion of
• Copyright: From "Songs of Praise." By permission of the Oxford University Press.

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: R. Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4.
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: From "Songs of Praise." By permission of the Oxford University Press.