For All the Saints

For All the Saints

Text written by William W. How (1823-1897)

Sung to SINE NOMINE, composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

John 17:10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.

V. 1 For all the saints who from their labors rest,

Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,

Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Psalm 18:26 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

V. 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!

2 Timothy 4:8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

V. 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!

V. 4 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!

Revelation 21:21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as 

transparent glass.

V. 5 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast,

Thro' gates of pearl streams in the countless host,

Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

Alleluia! Alleluia!