HYMN 143

1 LORD, Thou hast made and called us for Thine own;

Thou art our Life- we live by Thee alone;

Thy Truth believ'd turns darkness into light; Thy Grace receiv'd turns weakness into might.

So we lift up our hearts to trust and dare, And we lift up our hands in work and prayer; And we look to our Lord for strength and cheer, While we carry our cross and persevere.

2 We bless the Love that came to seek and save, That loos'd the bound, redeem'd the captive slave;

We bless the Love that called us one by one To share the Life of God's Incarnate Son. So we lift up our hearts,& c.

3 Our God goes with us, shewing night and day The onward path from which we dare not stray; Around our tents the heavenly Manna lies, From Christ, our Rock, the living waters rise. So we lift up our hearts,& c.

4 We bless the Love that raises those who fall, That follows wanderers with pleading call; That empties sin of all its deadly charms, And folds the outcast in a Father's Arms. So we lift up our hearts,& c.

5 We bless the Love that saves us day by day Through all the perils of our pilgrim way: Till, warfare ended, and the desert passed, We safely reach the Promised Land at last. So we lift up our hearts,& c.

6 We run with patience,' tis a glorious race; We fight as those who wield the power of Grace: We work, distrusting self, of God most sure; The saved are those, who to the end endure. So we lift up our hearts,& c. Amen.

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