For All the Saints

For All the Saints
Hymn
For All the Saints stained glass at All Saints Episcopal Church, Jensen Beach, Florida
OccasionAll Saints' Day
Textby William Walsham How
Based onHebrews 12:1
Meter10.10.10.4
Melody
Composed1906 (1906) ("Sine nomine")
Published1864 (1864)

"For All the Saints" was written as a processional hymn by William Walsham How, who would later become the Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England. The hymn was first printed in Hymns for Saints' Days, and Other Hymns, by Earl Nelson, 1864.