Hymn for Reformation Day

Our God, We Are a Church Reformed

AZMON 8.6.8.6 ("O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing")

Our God, we are a church reformed,
A church reforming still:
We long to grow in your true Word,
And follow more your will.

How awesome is your sovereign rule;
You reign from heav'n above.
Yet you knelt down in Jesus Christ,
In sacrificial love.

In love, you bring your people here
And call your church to you,
That we may know salvation's joy
And serve in all we do.

You call us to community;
By faith our hearts are stirred.
In church, we seek an ordered life,
According to your Word.

As faithful stewards we find joy;
We need no rich display.
Lord, teach us all to use with care
The gifts you give each day.

The world makes gods of lesser things,
And wrongly uses power;
So by your Spirit may we work
For justice every hour.

Tune: Carl Gotthilf Gläser (or Glaeser), 1829; in Lowell Mason's Modern Psalmody, 1839 ("O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing")  (MIDI)
This hymn is based on "Faith of the Reformed Tradition," Book of Order, F-2.05.
Text: Copyright © 1998 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Copied from Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Geneva Press, 2000).
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