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Saint Peter's Catholic Church: Columbia, South Carolina USA
Mark Husey, Organist and Choirmaster; 2002 III/38 Peragallo pipe organ http://www.peragallo.com/pipe-organs/st-peter-church

Solemnity of All Saints - Hymn in Procession

1) For all the saints who from their labors rest,
All who by faith before the world confessed,
Your name, O Jesus, be for ever blest.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

2) You were their rock, their fortress and their might;
You, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight;
You in the darkness drear, their one true light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

3) O may your 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, family divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one within your great design.
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) 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!

7) But then there breaks a yet more glorious day:
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on his way.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

8) From earths wide bounds, from oceans farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
Singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia! Alleluia!

Text: William W. How, 1823-1897 (alt.)
Music: SINE NOMINE Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

2002 Peragallo pipe organ
Three manuals, 38 ranks
http://www.visitstpeters.org/music.htm#peragallo

Mark Husey, Organist
Director of Music & Liturgy