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For All the Saints

Author: William Walsham How Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 583 hymnals First Line: For all the saints who from their labors rest Lyrics: 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 The golden evening brightens in the west; soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise the blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! 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. 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! Topics: Funerals; Christ Rock; Christians Triumph of; Heaven Reunion in ; Resurrection and Everlasting Life; The Church The Communion of Saints Scripture: Hebrews 11 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 80 hymnals Topics: Aspiration; Challenge; Children's Hymns; Choruses; Commitment; Confirmation; Décision; Discipleship; Sanctification Used With Tune: I HAVE DECIDED Text Sources: Attributed to an Indian prince as sung in Garo, Assam

Go to the World

Author: Sylvia Dunstan Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 25 hymnals First Line: Go to the world! Go into all the earth Topics: The Church at Worship Closing and Evening Hymns; liturgical Closing Songs; Closing Hymns; Evening; Hallelujah; Service Music Sending Forth/Commissioning; Trinity Sunday Year A; Proper 26 Year C Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE

Give Thanks for Life

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 10.10.10.4.4 Appears in 13 hymnals First Line: Give thanks for life, the measure of our days Lyrics: 1 Give thanks for life, the measure of our days, mortal, we pass through beauty that decays, yet sing to God our hope, our love, our praise: Alleluia! Alleluia! 2 Give thanks for those who made their life a light caught from the Christ-flame, bursting through the night, who touched the truth, who burned for what is right: Alleluia! Alleluia! 3 And for our own, our living and our dead, thanks for the love by which our life is fed, a love not changed by time or death or dread: Alleluia! Alleluia! 4 Give thanks for hope, that, like the wheat, the grain lying in darkness does its life retain, in resurrection to grow green again: Alleluia! Alleluia! Topics: Eternal Life; Hope; Human Love; Memorial; Servanthood; Thanksgiving Scripture: Hebrews 11:39-40, 12:1-2 Used With Tune: SINE NOMINE