The New Century Hymnal ‎#533

533. Children of God

1 Children of God, lift hearts to one another,
where pity dwells, the peace of God is there;
To worship rightly is to love each other,
each smile a hymn, each kindly deed a prayer.

2 For God whom Jesus loved has truly spoken:
the holier worship which Christ deigns to bless
Restores the lost, and binds the spirit broken,
and feeds the widow and the parentless.

3 Follow with reverent steps the great example
of Christ whose holy work was doing good;
So shall the wide earth seem a holy temple,
each loving life a psalm of gratitude.

4 Then shall all shackles fall; the stormy clangor
of wild war music o'er the earth shall cease;
Love shall tread out the baleful fire of anger,
and in its ashes plant the tree of peace.

Text Information

• First Line: Children of God, lift hearts to one another
• Title: Children of God
• Author: John Greenleaf Whittier (1848, alt.)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 4:31-5:2
• Topic: Church: Nature and Unity; Comfort and Assurance; Consecration; Discipleship; Service; Year B: Proper 14; Year B: Proper 20

Tune Information

• Name: WELWYN
• Composer: Alfred Scott-Gatty (1900)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.
• Key: F Major