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519. Christ for the world we sing!

1 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With loving zeal;
The poor, and them that mourn,
The faint and overborne,
Sinsick and sorrow worn,
Whom Christ doth heal.

2 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With fervent prayer;
The wayward and the lost,
By restless passions tossed,
Redeemed at countless cost,
From dark despair.

3 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With one accord;
With us the work to share,
With us reproach to dare,
With us the cross to bear,
For Christ our Lord.

4 Christ for the world we sing!
The world to Christ we bring,
With joyful song;
The new-born souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error's ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.

Text Information
First Line: Christ for the world we sing!
Author: S. Wolcott
Language: English
Publication Date: 1920
Topic: General: Brotherhood, Service, Guilds, Parochial Missions
Tune Information
Name: KIRBY BEDON
Composer: E. Bunnett
Meter: 6.6.4.6.6.6.4.
Key: F Major or modal



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