LBW #433, "The Church of Christ in Every Age"
Devotion
The Church of Christ in every age
Beset by change but Spirit-led
Must claim and test its heritage
And keep on rising from the dead.
Across the world, across the street,
The victims of injustice cry,
For shelter and for bread to eat,
And never live before they die.
Then let the servant Church arise,
A caring Church that longs to be
A partner in Christ’s sacrifice,
And clothed in Christ’s humanity.
For he alone whose blood was shed,
Can cure the fever in our blood,
And teach us how to share our bread
And feed the starving multitude.
We have no mission but to serve
In full obedience to our Lord;
To care for all, without reserve,
And spread his liberating Word.
Prayer
“The Church of Christ in Every Age”
Text: Fred Pratt Green. © Copyright 1971 Oxford University Press.
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