For All the Saints
Hymn composed by
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsContextual information
Tune Name
SINE NOMINE
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Text Meter
10.10.10.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsHymn Arranger
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Lyrics
For all the saints who from their labors rest,
who thee by faith before the world confessed,
thy name most holy be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their shelter, and their might;
their strength and solace in the well-fought fight;
thou, in the darkness deep their one true light. Alleluia! Alleluia!
O blest communion of the saints divine!
We live in struggle, they in glory shine;
yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia! Alleluia!
And when the strife is fierce, the conflict long,
steals on the ear the distant triumph-song,
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! Alleluia!
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