571a. We bring you, Lord, our prayer and praise

1 We bring you, Lord, our prayer and praise
that every child of earth
should live and grow in freedom's ways,
in dignity and worth.

2 We praise for such a task begun
to serve each other's need,
for every cause of justice won,
for every fetter freed.

3 Our prayers are for a world in pain
where force and fear prevail,
the plough becomes the sword again,
and hope and harvests fail.

4 Alike our prayer and praise express
the wants of humankind,
that those in bondage and distress
their larger freedoms find.

5 So may we still maintain the fight
till earth's oppressions cease
before the universal right
to liberty and peace.

6 In Christ we learn to love and care
and spread his truth abroad;
and in his Name we lift our prayer:
'Your kingdom come, O Lord.'

Text Information
First Line: We bring you, Lord, our prayer and praise
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Aid and development; Children; Deliverance (7 more...)
Copyright: © Timothy Dudley-Smith in Europe and Africa; © Hope Publishing Company for the United States of America and the rest of world. Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Tune Information
Name: WILTSHIRE
Composer: George Thomas Smart (1776-1867)
Meter: CM
Key: A Major
Notes: Earlier form of tune



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