For all the saints,
Who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith
Before the world confessed,
Thy name, O Jesus,
Be forever blest.
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!
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:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
