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Sing we of the modern city

by Fred H. Kaanf

Representative text

As printed in The Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal (1985), no. 194.

Verse 1

Sing we of the modern city, Scene alike of joy and stress; Sing we of its nameless people In their urban wilderness. Into endless rows of houses Life is set a millionfold, Life expressed in human beings Daily born and growing old.

Verse 2

In the city full of people, World of speed and hectic days, In the ever-changing setting Of the latest trend and craze, Christ is present, and among us; In the crowd we see Him stand. In the bustle of the city Jesus Christ is every man.

Verse 3

God is not remote in heaven, But on earth to share our shame, Changing graph and mass and number Into persons with a name. Christ has shown, beyond statistics, Human life with glory crowned, By His timeless presence proving People matter, people count!

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