Author: Fred Pratt Green (1903-) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #581 (1985) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Lyrics: 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 up
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
suffering 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. Topics: Christan Life Loving Service Tune Title: KING'S WESTON
When the Church of Jesus