Verse 1

CHRIST for the world, we sing: The world to Christ we bring With loving zeal; The poor, and them that mourn, The faint and overborne, Sin-sick and sorrow-worn, Whom Christ doth heal.

Verse 2

Christ for the world we sing: The world to Christ we bring With fervent prayer; The wayward and the lost, By restless passions tossed, Redeemed at countless cost From dark despair.

Verse 3

Christ for the world we sing: The world to Christ we bring With one accord; with us the work to share, with us reproach to dare, With us the cross to bear For Christ our Lord.

Verse 4

Christ for the world we sing: The world to Christ we bring With joyful song; The new-born souls, whose days, Reclaimed from error’s ways, Inspired with hope and praise, To Christ belong

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