For All the Saints | |
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Hymn | |
Occasion | All Saints' Day |
Text | by William Walsham How |
Based on | Hebrews 12:1 |
Meter | 10.10.10.4 |
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Composed | 1906 | ("Sine nomine")
Published | 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.