1 When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,
less the roar of traffic drown the voice of prayer,
may our prayers, Lord, make us ten times more aware
that the world we banish is our Christian care.
2 If our hearts are lifted where devotion soars
high above this hungry, suffering world of ours,
lest our hymns should drug us to forget its needs,
forge our Christina worship into Christian deeds.
3 Lest the gifts we offer money, talents, time
serve to salve our conscience, to our secret shame,
Lord reprove, inspire us by the way you give;
teach us, risen Savior, how true Christians live.
