| Hymn: | Rejoice In God's Saints, Today And All Days! |
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| Tune: | Paderborn |
| Words: | F Pratt Green (1903-2000) |
| Music: | Sydney Hugo Nicholson (1875-1947) |
Verse 1
Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
a world without saints forgets how to praise.
Their faith in acquiring the habit of prayer,
their depth of adoring, Lord, help us to share.
Verse 2
Some march with events to turn them God's way;
some need to withdraw, the better to pray;
some carry the gospel through fire and through flood:
our world is their parish; their purpose is God.
Verse 3
Rejoice in those saints, unpraised and unknown,
who bear someone's cross or shoulder their own;
they shame our complaining, our comforts, our cares:
what patience in caring, what courage, is theirs!
Verse 4
Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
a world without saints forgets how to praise.
In loving, in living, they prove it is true:
the way of self giving, Lord, leads us to you.