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#287 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
For all the saints, who from their labors rest
Tune
Sine Nomine
Metric Index
10 10 10 with Alleluias
Key & Modality
G Major
Last five uses
November 3rd, 2024 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
November 6th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
November 7th, 2021 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
November 3rd, 2019 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
November 4th, 2018 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
Poem Words (eight verses)
1.
For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
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, the one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness drear, the 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!
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!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
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!
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 cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of paradise the blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
soon, soon to faithful warriors cometh rest;
sweet is the calm of paradise the blest.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
7.
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!
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!
through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
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Hymn References
Author
William Walsham How 1823-1897
Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Publication Date
1985
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#422 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / For all the saints who from their labors rest (G Major ) [click to view]#174 in Lutheran Book of Worship / For all the saints, who from their labors rest (G Major ) [click to view]
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