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SDAH 421
For all the saints
who from their labors rest,
Who thee by faith
before the world confessed.
Text
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
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!
5
From earth’s wide bounds,
from ocean’s farthest coast,
Thro’ gates of pearl
streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost,
Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) John 17:10 (b) Ps 18:26 (c) 2 Tim 4:8 (e) Rev 21:21
Author
William W. How (1823-1897)
Performance Suggestions
Unison
Copyright
Music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press
Hymn Tune
SINE NOMINE
Metrical Number
10.10.10.Alleluias
Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Alternate Tune
ENGELBERG, SDAH 32
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Notes
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This group is the object of the little horn’s persecution and is described as “the saints”, “the saints of the most High”, and as “the people of the saints of the most High” as they receive the kingdom. They also are referred to as “holy people.” Thus, the saints of the Most High “are to be identified with God’s faithful followers who constitute His remnant people, who are His chosen ones, set apart from the rest of the nations, persecuted by the power opposing God, but keeping the covenant faith and maintaining their trust and confidence in God from whom they finally receive an everlasting kingdom.
Revelation 12–14 depicts the followers of Christ and shows how they remain faithful during the last crisis.where John says that “the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ” (Rev. 12:17, NKJV). (Lesson 8, 1st Quarter 2020 – Thursday, The Holy Ones of the Most High, 2/20/2020)
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