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Who will save our land and people?
Who can rescue us from wrong?
We are lost—faint, false, and foolish—
We have slighted God too long.
Save the people, Lord our Saviour,
Guide us home from country far;
Holy Fire, consume our rancours:
Thy Kingdom come—in Africa.
Make our land as clean and wholesome
As the white of sea-washed sands;
Stretch our vision vast and boundless
As our brown-spread, dusty lands.
Make our people strong and steadfast
As the hills that claw our sky;
Hear our prayer for land and people:
“God bless Africa”, we cry.
We believe God is our Saviour;
Christ enough to heal our land.
He will use the Church, His servants:
We on earth His stretched-out hand.
May His Church in loving service,
Shown to all whose path is rough,
Give a clear, united witness,
And proclaim: “Christ is enough!”
Christ enough to break all barriers;
Christ enough in peace, is strife;
Christ enough to build our nation;
Christ enough for death, for life.
Christ enough for old and lonely;
Christ enough for those who fall;
Christ enough to save the sin-sick;
Christ enough for one—for all!
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 D
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1983 | # 898 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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BEECHER (LOVE DIVINE)
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8 7 8 7 D
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1870
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Key
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| # 574 | Ab | | # 2 | Bb | | # 5 | Bb | | # 268 | Bb | | # 242 | Bb | | # 431 | Bb | | # 92 | Db |
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| 8 7 8 7 D | | 8 7 8 7 D |
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