For All the Saints

Verse 1
For all the saints,
Who from their la­bors rest, (Rev. 14:13, Heb. 4:9-10)
Who Thee by faith
Before the world con­fessed, (Matt. 10:32, Luke 12:8, I Tim. 6:12, Heb. 12:1, Rom. 10:9-10)
Thy name, O Je­sus,
Be for­ev­er blessed. (Ps. 113:2)
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 2
Thou wast their rock, (II Sam. 22:47, Ps. 18:46, Ps. 28:1, Ps. 31:2, Ps. 42:9, Ps. 62:2, Ps. 62:6, Ps. 92:15, Ps. 144:1)
Their fort­ress and their might; (I Sam. 22:2-3, Ps. 18:1-2, Ps. 31:3, Ps. 71:3, Ps. 91:2, Ps. 144:2, Jer. 16:19, Ex. 15:2, II Sam. 22:33, Ps. 19:14, Ps. 22:19, Ps. 28:7, Ps. 31:4, Ps. 43:2, Ps. 59:17, Ps. 62:7, Ps. 118:14, Isa. 12:2, Isa. 49:5, Hab. 3:19)
Thou, Lord, their cap­tain (Heb. 2:10)
In the well fought fight; (I Tim. 6:12, II Tim. 4:7)
Thou, in the dark­ness drear,
Their one true Light. (John 1:9, John 8:12, Isa. 9:2)
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 3
For the apos­tles’
Glorious com­pa­ny,
Who bear­ing forth
The cross o’er land and sea, (Matt. 10:38, Matt. 16:24, Mark 8:34, Mark 10:21, Luke 9:23, Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:15)
Shook all the migh­ty
World, we sing to Thee: (Acts 17:6)
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 4
For the ev­an­gel­ists, (Eph. 4:11, II Tim. 4:5)
By whose blest word,
Like four­fold streams,
The gar­den of the Lord, (Gen. 2:10, Gen. 13:10, Isa. 51:3, Isa. 58:11)
Is fair and fruit­ful,
Be Thy name ad­ored.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 5
For mar­tyrs, who
With rap­ture kin­dled eye,
Saw the bright crown
Descending from the sky, (Acts 7:55-56, Rev. 2:10)
And see­ing, grasped it,
Thee we glo­ri­fy.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 6
O blest com­mun­ion,
Fellowship di­vine!
We feeb­ly strug­gle,
They in glo­ry shine; (Dan. 12:3)
All are one in Thee, (John 17:21, I Cor. 12:12-13, Gal. 3:28)
For all are Thine.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 7
O may Thy sol­diers, (II Tim. 2:3)
Faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints
Who nob­ly fought of old, (Heb. 11:32-34)
And win with them
The vic­tor’s crown of gold. (II Tim. 4:7-8)
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 8
And when the strife
Is fierce, the war­fare long, (II Tim. 2:3)
Steals on the ear
The dist­ant tri­umph song,
And hearts are brave, (Isa. 35:4)
Again, and arms are strong. (Isa. 35:3, Heb. 12:12)
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 9
The gold­en ev­en­ing
Brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faith­ful
Warriors comes their rest; (Rev. 14:13, Heb. 4:9-10)
Sweet is the calm
Of para­dise the blessed.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 10
But lo! there breaks
A yet more glo­ri­ous day;
The saints tri­umph­ant
Rise in bright ar­ray; (I Cor. 15:52-53, I Thess. 4:16-17, Dan. 12:2-3, Rev. 19:8)
The King of glo­ry (Ps. 24:7-10)
Passes on His way.
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!

Verse 11
From earth’s wide bounds,
From ocean’s far­thest coast,
Through gates of pearl (Rev. 21:21)
Streams in the count­less host, (Rev. 7:9)
And sing­ing to Fa­ther,
Son and Ho­ly Ghost:
Alleluia, Al­le­lu­ia!