15096. Service Is Our Watchword

1 Service is our watchword,
Service for our king;
Service, fruitful service,
Daily ours to bring.
Service for the needy,
Service for the lost,
Self upon the altar;
Counting not the cost.

2 Service in the homeland
Where’er sounds the call;
Sacrificial service
Reaching unto all;
Service pure, exalted;
Loyal and unpriced;
Living, loving channels,
Bearing forth the Christ.

3 Service o’er the ocean,
Serving not for gain;
Meeting every duty,
Be it toil or pain;
Service that is Christly,
Giving up to God
Every selfish motive;
Treading where Christ trod.

Text Information
First Line: Service is our watchword
Title: Service Is Our Watchword
Author: Wiliam Shaw
Author: John R. Clements
Meter: 65.65 D
Language: English
Source: Service Songs by William Shaw and John R. Clements (Boston: United Society of Christian Endeavor, 1913)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: CALIFORNIA
Composer: Edwin Othello Excell (1913)
Meter: 65.65 D
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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