Now Praise the Hidden God of Love
Text written in 1975 by Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
Sung to CANONBURY, composed by Robert Schumann (1910-1856)
Psalm 23:1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
V. 1 Now praise the hidden God of love
In whom we all must live and move,
Who shepherds us, at every stage
Thro' youth, maturity, and age.
1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
V. 2 Who challenged us, when we were young
To storm the citadels of wrong;
In care for others taught us how
God's true community must grow.
John 9:4 As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
V. 3 Who bids us never lose our zest,
Tho' age is urging us to rest,
But proves to us that we have still
A work to do, a place to fill.
V. 4 Then talk no more of wasted time,
But Godward look, and upward climb,
Content to sleep, when day is done,
And rise refreshed, and travel on.
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