Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#311a

311a. Christ for the world we sing

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 new-born souls, whose days,
Reclaimed from error's ways,
Inspired with hope and praise,
To Christ belong.

Text Information

• First Line: Christ for the world we sing
• Author: Samuel Wolcott, 1813 - 86
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Easter; Church Life and Work: The Propagation of the Gospel

Tune Information

• Name: CUTTING
• Composer: William F. Sherwin, 1826 - 88
• Meter: 6 6 4, 6 6 6 4.
• Key: E♭ Major