PEACE AND WORLD BROTHERHOOD
(Standing)
Leader:
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion:
Assembly:
Put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the Holy City.
Leader:
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem.
Asssembly:
Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
HymnO Zion Haste ( Stanzas one, two and Chorus )
Leader:
O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion,
Get thee up into a high mountain.
Assembly:
O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem,
Lift up thy voice with strength.
Leader:
Lift it up, be not afraid;
Say unto the cities of Judah,
Behold your God.
HymnO Zion Haste (Chorus)
Leader:
Then shall the King say:
For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat;
I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked and ye clothed me:
I was sick, and ye visited me:
I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Assembly:
Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
HymnO Zion Haste ( Stanzas third and fourth and chorus )
All:
Through tribulations and distress, they come!
Through perils great and bitterness,
Through persecutions pitiless, they come!
They come by paths the martyrs trod,
They come from underneath the rod,
Climbing through the darkness up to god, they come!
Out of mighty tribulation
With a sound of jubilation,
They come! they come!John Oxenham
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