For All the Saints

For All the Saints

1.	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! 


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.
	Alleluia, Alleluia! 


3.	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! 


4.	O blest communion, fellowship divine!
	
	We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
	
	yet all are one in thee, for all are thine.
	
	Alleluia, Alleluia! 


5.	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! 


6.	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!