Text:For all the saints who from their labors rest
Author:William Walsham How
Tune:SARUM
Composer:Sir Joseph Barnby

281. 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 for ever 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 The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

5 But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of Glory passes on his way.
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: William Walsham How (1864, text of 1875)
Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4. 4.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1961
Scripture: ;
Topic: Christ: Rock; Christian warfare; Christians: Triumph of (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SARUM
Composer: Sir Joseph Barnby (1868)
Meter: 10. 10. 10. 4. 4.
Key: E♭ Major



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