Hymn Chords

194. Sing We of the Modern City

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Sing we of the modern city,

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Scene alike of joy and stress;

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Sing we of its nameless people

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In their ur-ban  wil-der-ness.

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Into end-less rows of houses

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Life is set a  mil-lion-fold,

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Life expressed in human beings

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Daily born and grow-ing old.


[[Full Lyrics]]

[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 million-fold,
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!