| When the church of
Jesus |
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| Tune: |
Colyton |
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| Metre: |
6565 D |
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When
the
Church
of
Jesus
shuts its outer door,
lest the roar of traffic
drown the voice of prayer:
may our prayers, Lord, make us
ten times more aware
that the world we banish
is our Christian care.
If
our hearts are lifted
where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours:
lest our hymns should drug us
to forget its needs,
forge our Christian worship
into Christian deeds.
Lest
the gifts we offer,
money, talents, time,
serve to salve our conscience
to our secret shame:
Lord, reprove, inspire us
by the way You give;
teach us, dying Saviour,
how true Christians live.
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