7731. When Wilt Thou Save the People?

1. When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations,
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
Flowers of Thy heart, O God, are they;
Let them not pass, like weeds, away;
Their heritage a sunless day:
O God, save the people!

2. Shall crime bring crime forever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is it Thy will, O Father,
That man shall toil for wrong?
No, say Thy mountains; No, Thy skies;
Man’s clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend, instead of sighs:
O God, save the people!

3. When wilt Thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people,
Not thrones and crowns, but men!
God save the people; Thine they are,
Thy children, as Thine angels fair:
From vice, oppression, and despair,
O God, save the people!

Text Information
First Line: When wilt Thou save the people?
Title: When Wilt Thou Save the People?
Author: Ebenezer Elliott (1850)
Meter: 76.76.88.84
Language: English
Source: More Prose and Verse, 1850
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: COMMONWEALTH
Composer: Josiah Booth (1888)
Meter: 76.76.88.84
Incipit: 11133 31233 31551
Key: e minor
Copyright: Public Domain



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