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338 | Total Praise#339 | 340 |
Text: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Tune: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,
All who by faith before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 You were their rock, their fortress and their might;
You, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
You in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 O may Your 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, family divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within Your great design.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
5 And when the strife 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 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!
7 But then there breaks a yet more glorious day:
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
8 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!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | For all the saints who from their labors rest |
Title: | For All the Saints |
Author: | William W. How, 1823-1897 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 with alleluias |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2011 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Church, Family of Believers; Everlasting Life; Faith(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SINE NOMINE |
Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958 |
Meter: | 10 10 10 with alleluias |
Key: | G Major or modal |