Hear the Message of Our Lord!

Hear the Message of Our Lord!

Text: John A. Dalles, July 25, 2006
Tune: SALZBURG
Meter: 7777D

Hear the message of our Lord:
“You are salt for all the world!”
Fresh and stunning, it may be,
That for all eternity,
From the moment of your birth
You are blessed with matchless worth!
Hear the message of our Lord:
“You are salt for all the world!”

Hear the teaching of our Lord,
“You are salt for all the world!”
You, who thought your gifts were small,
Learn the lesson of Christ’s call,
To give savor and to serve,
To delight and to preserve!
Hear the teaching of our Lord,
“You are salt for all the world!”

Hear the pleading of our Lord,
“You are salt for all the world!”
All too many view each days,
With despair and disarray.
What’s distasteful, come and save,
Give God’s children what they crave!
Hear the pleading of our Lord,
“You are salt for all the world!”

Hear the promise of the Lord
You are salt for all the world!
With Christ’s saintly work to do,
With eternal life, endued,
Now be shaken, by Christ’s hand,
Stirred to season every land!
Hear the promise of the Lord
You are salt for all the world!

Copyright © 2024, John A. Dalles

Inspired by a visit to Salzburg in 2006.

Permission granted for one-time use in worship, as noted above.

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