For all the saints, who from their labours rest

[Modernised Version]
Words & Music: William Walsham How / Ralph Vaughan Williams / Jubilate Hymns
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Bible References
Joshua 5:13-15
2 Samuel 22:2-3
Esther 8:15
Psalms 24:7-10
Isaiah 35:10
Luke 12:8
Luke 23:43
Romans 10:9-10
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
2 Timothy 2:3
Hebrews 12:1
Revelation 2:7
Revelation 14:13
Revelation 21:21
Themes
Alleluias
captain
crown
King of glory
Paradise
pearl
rest
saints
victory
warfare, spiritual

1 For all the saints, who from their labours rest;
who to the world by faith their Lord confessed,
your name, O Jesus, be for ever blessed:
Alleluia, alleluia!

2 You were their rock, their fortress, and their might;
you, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight,
and in the darkness their unfailing light.
Alleluia, alleluia!

3 So 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!

4 One holy people, fellowship divine!
we feebly struggle, they in glory shine
in earth and heaven the saints in praise combine:
Alleluia, alleluia!

5 And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
faintly we hear the distant triumph-song;
and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia, alleluia!

6 The golden evening brightens in the west:
soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest,
the peaceful calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, alleluia!

7 But look! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
saints all-triumphant rise in bright array
the king of glory passes on his way!
Alleluia, alleluia!

8 From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest shore
through gates of pearl, ascending, they adore
the Father, Son and Spirit evermore:
Alleluia, alleluia!

Jubilate Hymns version of 'For all the saints, who from their labours rest', William Walsham How (1823 - 1897)
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