The New Century Hymnal ‎#299

299. For All the Saints

1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who to the world their steadfast faith confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2 You were their rock, their refuge, and their might;
you, Christ, the hope that put their fears to flight;
'mid gloom and doubt, you were their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3 Still may your people, faithful, true, and bold,
live as the saints who nobly fought of old.
and share with them a glorious crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

4 Ringed by this cloud of witnesses divine,
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
yet in your love our faithful lives entwine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
then hearts are brave again, and faith grows strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text Information

• First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest
• Title: For All the Saints
• Author: William W. How (1865, alt.)
• Meter: 10.10.10.4.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 12:1
• Topic: All Saints Day; Burial and Memorial; Witness; Year C: Proper 10; Year C: Proper 15

Tune Information

• Name: SINE NOMINE
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
• Meter: 10.10.10.4.
• Key: G Major
• Source: Harm. The English Hymnal, 1906