ALL FAITHFUL PEOPLE.
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Blessed they who seek
To turn all strife to peace,
Whose words are as a covert to the weak,
Who make the anger of the strong to cease;
Children of God shall they
Be called for aye.
To turn all strife to peace,
Whose words are as a covert to the weak,
Who make the anger of the strong to cease;
Children of God shall they
Be called for aye.
Blessed they who steadfast stand
Through persecutions dread,
Though on every hand
The wicked bend the bow
To lay them low;
Theirs the kingdom never vanquishèd.
Through persecutions dread,
Though on every hand
The wicked bend the bow
To lay them low;
Theirs the kingdom never vanquishèd.
Blessed ye when men revile
And persecute you falsely for My sake;
Ye who, walking without guile,
With Me partake
Shame and scorn awhile.
And persecute you falsely for My sake;
Ye who, walking without guile,
With Me partake
Shame and scorn awhile.
Yea, rejoice,
Ye who fly not from the arrows of the strong;
Be exceeding glad, for unto you is given
Great reward in heaven;
Even now lift up your voice
In victorious song;
For so persecuted they
The prophets in their day:
Again rejoice.
Ye who fly not from the arrows of the strong;
Be exceeding glad, for unto you is given
Great reward in heaven;
Even now lift up your voice
In victorious song;
For so persecuted they
The prophets in their day:
Again rejoice.
Then all the winds of heaven: Amen! Amen!
