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Text:The Ministry
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:ST. MARTINS
Composer:W. Tansur

486. The Ministry

1 'Tis not a cause of small import
The pastor's care demands,
But what might fill an angel's heart,
And filled a Saviour's hands.

2 They watch for souls for whom the Lord
Did heavenly bliss forego--
For souls that must for ever live
In rapture or in woe.

3 All to the great tribunal haste,
The account to render there;
And shouldst thou strictly mark our faults,
Lord! how should we appear?

4 May they that Jesus whom they preach,
Their own Redeemer, see,
And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
That they may watch for thee.

Text Information
First Line: 'Tis not a cause of small import
Title: The Ministry
Author: Philip Doddridge
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture:
Topic: Church: Institutions of; Communion of Saints: At Lord's Table
Tune Information
Name: ST. MARTINS
Composer: W. Tansur
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major or modal



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