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374 | The Hymnal#375 | 376 |
Text: | When wilt Thou save the people? |
Author: | Ebenezer Elliott |
Tune: | COMMONWEALTH |
Composer: | Josiah Booth |
1 When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations!
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God, are they;
Let them not pass, like weeds, away,
Their heritage a sunless day.
God save the people!
2 Shall crime bring crime for ever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father,
That man shall toil for wrong?
"No," say Thy mountains; "No," Thy skies;
Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend, instead of sighs;
God save the people!
When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people,
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people; Thine they are,
Thy children, as Thine angels fair;
From vice, oppression, and despair,
God save the people!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | When wilt Thou save the people? |
Author: | Ebenezer Elliott (1850) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. 8. 8. 8. 5. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | Work; The Kingdom of God on Earth: Discipleship and Service; Discipleship and Service(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | COMMONWEALTH |
Composer: | Josiah Booth (1888) |
Meter: | 7. 6. 7. 6. 8. 8. 8. 5. |
Key: | e minor |
Copyright: | Tune used by permission of Clifford Booth. |