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#174 from Lutheran Book of Worship
For all the saints, who from their labors rest
Tune
Sine Nomine
Metric Index
10 10 10 and alleluias
Key & Modality
G Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (eight verses)
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!
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!
You, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
You, in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
3.
Oh, 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!
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old
And win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
4.
Oh, blest communion, fellowship divine,
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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!
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!
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!
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!
Hymn References
Author
William W. How 1823-1897 (alt.)
Composer
R. Vaughan Williams 1872-1958
Original Language
English
Publication Date
1978
Source
The English Hymnal
Topic
Lesser Festivals; All Saints' Day; Burial
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]#287 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / For all the saints, who from their labors rest (G Major ) [click to view]
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