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Text: | The Voice of God Is Calling |
Author: | John Haynes Holmes |
Tune: | MEIRIONYDD |
Arranger: | William Lloyd |
1 The voice of God is calling
A summons unto all;
As once they heard in Zion,
So now we hear the call.
"Whom shall I send to succor
My people in their need?
Whom shall I send to loosen
The bonds of shame and greed?
2 "I hear my people crying
In cot and mine and slum;
No field or mart is silent,
No city street is dumb.
I see my people falling
In darkness and despair.
Whom shall I send to shatter
The fetters which they bear?"
3 We heed, O God, thy summons,
And answer: "Here are we!
Send us upon thine errand,
Let us thy servants be.
Our strength is dust and ashes,
Our years a passing hour;
But thou canst use our weakness
To magnify thy power.
4 "From ease and plenty save us;
From pride of place absolve;
Purge us of low desire;
Lift us to high resolve;
Take us, and make us holy;
Teach us thy will and way.
Speak, and, behold! we answer;
Command, and we obey!"
Text Information | |
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First Line: | The voice of God is calling |
Title: | The Voice of God Is Calling |
Author: | John Haynes Holmes (1913, alt.) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | City; Commitment; Darkness(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MEIRIONYDD |
Arranger: | William Lloyd (1840) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D. |
Key: | D Major |
Source: | Welsh hymn melody |