396. When the Church of Jesus
1. When the church of Jesus
Shuts its outer door,
Lest the roar of traffic
Drown the voice of prayer:
May our prayers, Lord, make us
Ten times more aware
That the world we banish
Is our Christian care.
2. If our hearts are lifted
Where devotion soars
High above this hungry
Suff'ring world of ours:
Lest our hymns should drug us
To forget its needs,
Forge our Christian worship
Into Christian deeds.
3. Lest the gifts we offer,
Money, talents, time,
Serve to salve our conscience
To our secret shame:
Lord, reprove, inspire us
By the way You give;
Teach us, dying Savior,
How true Christians live.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When the Church of Jesus Shuts its outer door |
| Title: | When the Church of Jesus |
| Author: | Fred Pratt Green |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.11. |
| Scripture: | 1 Peter 4:17 |
| Copyright: | 1969 Hope Publishing Company |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | KING'S WESTON |
| Composer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Meter: | 11.11.11.11. |
| Key: | d minor |
| Copyright: | 1931, Enlarged Songs of Praise, Oxford University Press |
