601 Christian Responsibility

1. O day of God, draw nigh

in beauty and in power,

come with thy timeless judgement now

to match our present hour.

2. Bring to our troubled minds,

uncertain and afraid,

the quiet of a steadfast faith,

calm of a call obeyed.

3. Bring justice to our land,

that all may dwell secure,

and finely build for days to come

foundations that endure.

4. Bring to our world of strife

thy sovereign word of peace,

that war may haunt the earth no more

and desolation cease.

5. O day of God, draw nigh

as at creation's birth,

let there be light again,

and set thy judgements in the earth.

Words: Robert Balgarnie Young Scott (b. 1899) Music: St. Michael, Louis Bourgeois (1510?-1561?); harm. William Henry Monk