1 From all thy saints in warfare,
For all thy saints at rest,
To thee, O blessed Jesus,
All praises be addressed.
Thou, Lord, didst win the battle
That they might conquerors be;
Their crowns of living glory
Are lit with rays from thee.

2 [Here insert the stanza for the special day.]

3 Then praise we God the Father,
And praise we God the Son
And God the Holy Spirit,
Eternal Three in One,
Till all the ransomed number
Fall down before the throne
And honor, power, and glory
Ascribe to God alone. Amen.

GENERAL STANZA ( when no specific one is available)
Apostles, prophets, martyrs,
And all the sacred throng
Who wear the spotless raiment,
Who raise the ceaseless song--
For these, passed on before us,
Savior, we thee adore,
And, walking in their footsteps,
Would serve Thee more and more.

ANDREW
Praise, Lord, for thine apostle,
The first to welcome thee,
The first to lead his brother
The very Christ to see.
With hearts for thee made ready,
May we throughout the year
Still watch to lead our brethren
To own thine advent near.

CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL
Praise for the light from heaven,
Praise for the voice of awe,
Praise for the glorious vision
The persecutor saw.
Thee, Lord, for his conversion
We glorify today;
Enlighten all our darkness
With thy true Spirit's ray.

HOLY INNOCENTS:
Praise for thine infant martyrs,
By thee with tenderest love
Called early from their warfare
To share the rest above.
O Rachel, cease your weeping;
Thy rest from pains and cares.
Lord, grant us hearts as guileless
And crowns as bright as theirs.

JAMES THE ELDER
For him, O Lord, we praise thee,
Who, slain by Herod's sword,
Drank of thy cup of suffering,
Fulfilling thus thy word.
Curb we all vain impatience
To read thy veiled decree,
And count it joy to suffer
If so brought nearer thee.

JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Praise for the loved disciple,
Exile on Patmos' shore;
Praise for the faithful record
He to thy Godhead bore.
Praise for the mystic vision
Through him to us revealed;
May we, in patience waiting,
With thine elect be sealed.

BARTHOLOMEW:
All praise for thine apostle,
The faithful, pure and true,
Whom underneath the fig tree
Thine eye all-seeing knew;
Like him may we be guileless--
True Israelites indeed--
That thine abiding presence
Our longing souls may feed.

MATTHEW
Praise, Lord, for him whose Gospel
Thy human life declared,
Who, worldly gains forsaking,
Thy path of suffering shared.
From all unrighteous mammon,
O give us hearts set free
That we, whate'er our calling,
May rise and follow thee.

MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE
Lord, thine abiding presence
Directs the wondrous choice;
For one in place of Judas
The faithful now rejoice.
The Church from false apostles
Forevermore defend,
And by thy parting promise
Be with her to the end.

NATIVITY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
We praise thee for the Baptist,
Forerunner of the Word,
Our true Elias, making
A highway for the Lord.
Of prophets last and greatest,
He saw thy dawning ray,
Make us the rather blessèd,
Who love thy glorious day.

PETER
Praise for thy great apostle,
The eager and the bold;
Thrice falling, yet repentant,
Thrice charged to feed thy fold.
Lord, make thy pastors faithful
To guard their flocks from ill,
And grant them dauntless courage
With humble earnest will.

LUKE THE EVANGELIST
For that beloved physician
All praise, whose Gospel shows
The Healer of the nations,
The Sharer of our woes.
Thy wine and oil, O Savior,
On bruised hearts deign to pour,
And with true balm of Gilead
Anoint us evermore.

MARK THE EVANGELIST
For him, O Lord, we praise thee,
The weak by grace made strong,
Whose labors and whose Gospel
Enrich our triumph song.
May we in all our weakness
Find strength from thee supplies
And all as fruitful branches
In thee, the Vine, abide.

STEPHEN THE MARTYR
Praise for the first of martyrs,
Who saw thee ready stand
To aid in midst of torment,
To plead at God's right hand.
Share we with him, if summoned
By death our Lord to own,
On earth the faithful witness,
In heaven the martyr-crown.

PHILIP AND JAMES
All praise for thine apostle,
Blest guide to Greek and Jew,
And him surnamed thy brother;
Keep us thy brethren true.
And grant the grace to know thee,
The Way, the Truth,the Life,
To wrestle with temptations
Till victors in the strife.

SIMON AND JUDE
Praise, Lord, for thine apostles
Who sealed their faith today;
One love, one zeal impelled them
To tread the sacred way.
May we with zeal as earnest
The faith of Christ maintain
And, bound in love as brethren,
At length thy rest attain.

THOMAS
All praise for thine apostle,
Whose short-lived doubtings prove
Thy perfect twofold nature,
The fullness of thy love.
On all who wait thy coming
Shed forth thy peace, O Lord,
And grant us faith to know thee,
True Man, true God, adored.