CHRISTIAN LIFE >> Love For One Another
SDAH 585
When Christ was lifted from the earth His arms stretched out above
Through every culture, every birth, to draw an answering love.
Text
1
When Christ was lifted from the earth His arms stretched out above
Through every culture, every birth, to draw an answering love.
2
Still east and west His love extends and always, near or far,
He calls and claims us as His friends and loves us as we are.
3
Where generation, class, or race divides us to our shame,
He sees not labels but a face, a person and a name.
4
Thus freely loved, tho’ fully known, may I in Christ be free
To welcome and accept His own as Christ accepted me.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) John 12:32 (c) Acts 10:34, 35 (d) John 8:32
Author
Brian Wren (1936-)
Year Published
1970
Copyright
Words copyright 1980 by Hope Publishing Co., Carol STream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Music used by permission of Oxford University Press.
Hymn Tune
ST. BOTOLPH
Metrical Number
C.M.
Composer
Gordon Slater (1896-1979)
Hymn Score
Piano Accompaniment
Notes
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