For all the saints, who from their labours 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!
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!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle,
they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
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!
