For All the Saints

For all the saints

Who from their la­bors rest

Who Thee by faith

Before the world con­fessed

Thy name

O Je­sus

Be for­ev­er blessed.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

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!

For the apos­tles’

Glorious com­pa­ny

Who bear­ing forth

The cross o’er land and sea

Shook all the migh­ty

World

we sing to Thee:

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

For the ev­an­gel­ists

By whose blest word

Like four­fold streams

The gar­den of the Lord

Is fair and fruit­ful

Be Thy name ad­ored.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

For mar­tyrs

who

With rap­ture kin­dled eye

Saw the bright crown

Descending from the sky

And see­ing

grasped it

Thee we glo­ri­fy.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

O blest com­mun­ion

Fellowship di­vine!

We feeb­ly strug­gle

They in glo­ry shine;

All are one in Thee

For all are Thine.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

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!

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!

The gold­en ev­en­ing

Brightens in the west;

Soon

soon to faith­ful

Warriors comes their rest;

Sweet is the calm

Of para­dise the blessed.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

But lo! there breaks

A yet more glo­ri­ous day;

The saints tri­umph­ant

Rise in bright ar­ray;

The King of glo­ry

Passes on His way.

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!

From earth’s wide bounds

From ocean’s far­thest coast

Through gates of pearl

Streams in the count­less host

And sing­ing to Fa­ther

Son and Ho­ly Ghost:

Alleluia

Al­le­lu­ia!