HYMN #526 The text for For All the Saints was written in 1864 by Anglican Bishop William W. How for use in the liturgy commemorating All Saints Day.Generally celebrated on the first Sunday in November, the liturgical celebration honors the memory of those who have died within the past year. As Kenneth Osbeck notes, the liturgy also reaffirms “the glorious anticipation we have as believers of being eternally reunited with…the saints of all ages.”