For All the Saints
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w&m: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Tune: Sine Nomine
Meter: 10.10.10. with alleluias

[Verse 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!

[Verse 2]
You were their rock, their fortress and their might;
You, Lord, their Captain in their well-fought fight;
You in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia!  Alleluia!

[Verse 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!

[Verse 4]
O blest communion, family divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design.
Alleluia!  Alleluia!

[Verse 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!

[Verse 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!

[Verse 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!

[Verse 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!