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SDA Hymnal 356

All Who Love and Serve Your City

Words: Erik RoutleyMusic: Peter CuttsTune: Birabus8.7.8.7

1All who love and serve your city,
All who bear its daily stress,
All who cry for peace and justice,
All who curse and all who bless:

2In your day of loss and sorrow,
In your day of helpless strife,
Honor, peace, and love retreating,
Seek the Lord, who is your life.

3For all days are days of judgment,
And the Lord is waiting still,
Drawing near to those who seek Him,
Offering peace from Calvary's hill.

4Risen Lord, shall yet the city
Be the city of despair?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory,
Be its name 'The Lord is there!'

Words: Erik Routley
Music: Peter Cutts
Tune: Birabus
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:7; Revelation 21:1-4

© 1969 Galliard Ltd., Used by permission of Galaxy Music Corporation

The verse

Meter: 8.7.8.7 · as printed
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 82% of beats fit
Rhyme: ABCB

Could also be sung to Rathbun, Hinman, Shirley, St Joseph, Stockwell · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.

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Verse 1

All who love and serve your city,/˘/˘/˘/˘8A

All who bear its daily stress,/˘/˘/˘/7B

All who cry for peace and justice,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

All who curse and all who bless:/˘/˘/˘/7B

Verse 2

In your day of loss and sorrow,˘˘/˘/˘/˘8A

In your day of helpless strife,˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Honor, peace, and love retreating,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Seek the Lord, who is your life./˘/˘˘˘/7B

Verse 3

For all days are days of judgment,˘//˘/˘/˘8A

And the Lord is waiting still,˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Drawing near to those who seek Him,/˘/˘˘˘/˘8C

Offering peace from Calvary's hill./˘/˘/˘˘/8B

Verse 4

Risen Lord, shall yet the city/˘/˘/˘/˘8A

Be the city of despair?˘˘/˘˘˘/7B

Come today, our Judge, our Glory,/˘/˘/˘/˘8C

Be its name 'The Lord is there!'˘˘/˘/˘/7B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.