St. George's Day
23 April Two Thousand and Fifteen
In England and Jerusalem from the days of the Crusades.
Composed by William H. How in 1864 and set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1906
for the Church of England and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, it has been and remains today to be my most favorite hymn.
FOR ALL THE SAINTS
For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith be
fore the world con-fessed, Thy name, O Jesus, be for-ev-er blessed,
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
Thou wast their rock, their fort-ress and their might; Thou, Lord, their cap-tain
in the well-fought fight; Thou in the dark-ness drear, their one true light.
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
O blest com-mun-ion, fel-low-ship divine! We fee-bly strug-gle;
they in glory shine. Yet all are one in Thee for all are Thine.
And when the strife is fierce, the war-fare long, Steals on the ear the
dis-tant tri-umph song, And hearts are brave a-agin and arms are stong,
The gold-en eve-ning bright-ens in the west; Soon, soon to faith-ful
warriors com-eth rest; And sweet the calm of Par-a-dise, the blest.
From earth's wide bounds and o-cean's far-thest coast, Thro' gates of pearl stream
in the count-less host, Sing-ing to Fa-ther,Son, and Ho-ly Ghost.
Al-le-lu-ia! Al-le-lu-ia!
A-men.
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| Happy St. George's Day yea 'ole Presbyterians |
Credits: The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press, London, Hope Publishing Company ISBN:0-916642-01-1 YouTube and Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit, Michigan.
