The Hymnal 1982 537
Christ for the world we sing
- Tune
- moscow
- Author(s)
- Samuel Wolcott, 1813-1886
- Composer(s)
- Felice de Giardini, 1716-1796 ; Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
- Meter
- 6.6.4.6.6.6.4
- Tune Source(s)
- The New Hymnal, 1916 (harm.); Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1875 (harm.)
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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, sin-sick 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 newborn souls, whose days, reclaimed from error's ways, inspired with hope and praise, to Christ belong.