Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#218

218. 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: 87 87
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Holy Communion; Witness
• Source: Syriac Liturgy of Malabar; Tr. The English Hymnal, 1906, adapt.
• Copyright: By permission of Oxford University Press
• Notes: Now in the Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: WIR DIENEN, HERR
• Composer: Hans-Friedrich Micheelson, 1902–1974
• Meter: 87 87
• Key: e minor
• Source: Neue Gemeinde Lieder
• Copyright: © 1938 Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel and Basel