Strengthen for Service, Lord, the Hands

St. Ephraem, Syrus • Percy Dearmer • English

Primary Scripture: Isaiah 1:12-17

Verse 1

Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that holy things have taken; let ears that now have heard thy songs to clamour never waken.

Verse 2

Lord, may the tongues which 'Holy' sang keep free from all deceiving; the eyes which saw thy love be bright, thy blessèd hope perceiving.

Verse 3

The feet that tread thy holy courts from light do thou not banish; the bodies by thy Body fed with thy new life replenish.

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