Author: Ian Masson Fraser (b. 1917) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #543 (2013) Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8 Topics: Creation; Creation and the Environment; Environmental concern; God Will of; Peace; Science and Technology; Sharing and Caring; Social Concern; Work Lyrics: 1 Lord, bring the day to pass
when forest, rock and hill,
the beasts, the birds, the grass,
will know your finished will:
when we attain our destiny
and nature lives in harmony.
2 Forgive our careless use
of water, ore and soil —
the plenty we abuse
supplied by others' toil:
save us from making self our creed,
turn us towards each other's need.
3 Give us, when we release
creation's secret powers,
to harness them for peace —
our children's peace and ours:
teach us the art of mastering
in servant form, which draws death's sting.
4 Creation groans, travails,
futile its present plight,
bound — till the hour it hails
God's children born of light
who enter on their true estate.
Come, Lord: new heavens and earth create. Scripture: Romans 8:21-22 Languages: English Tune Title: LAWES'S PSALM 47
Lord, bring the day to pass
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