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For All the Saints

Words and music by William How & Ralph Vaughan Williams · 1864

Key of G · 88 BPM · 4/4 · Hope,Praise · Hebrews 12:1

Verse 1

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!

Verse 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.

Verse 3

For the Apostles' glorious company,
Who bearing forth the
Cross o'er land and sea,
Shook all the mighty world, we sing to Thee:

Verse 4

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful
warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.

Verse 5

But lo! there breaks
a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.

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