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For All the Saints
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. Refrain: 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, their one true light. [Refrain] 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. [Refrain] 4. O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. [Refrain] 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. [Refrain] 6. 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: [Refrain]
WORDS: William W. How, 1864
MUSIC: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Scripture: Hebrews 12:1
Theme: Adoration and Praise; Christian Year: All Saints Day; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; New Heaven and a New Earth: Communion of the Saints; New Heaven and a New Earth: Communion of the Saints; Processionals; Service Music: Doxology; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church: Funeral and Memorial Service; Triumph