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Text:Strengthen for Service, Lord
Tune:BUCKHURST RUN
Composer:Robert A. Hobby, b. 1962

497. Strengthen for Service, Lord

1 Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
that holy things have taken;
and let the ears that heard your word
to falsehood never waken.

2 The tongues that sang your holy name
now purge of all deception;
keep bright the eyes that saw your love
and sharpen their perception.

3 And may the feet that walked your courts
be never lured to wander;
but lead the faithful nourished here
to journey on in splendor.

Text Information
First Line: Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
Title: Strengthen for Service, Lord
Meter: 8 7 8 7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Topic: Holy Communion; Witness
Source: Syriac Liturgy of Malabar; Tr. composite
Tune Information
Name: BUCKHURST RUN
Composer: Robert A. Hobby, b. 1962
Meter: 8 7 8 7
Key: D Major
Copyright: © 2006 Augsburg Fortress



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