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Cry of the Poor

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 26, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 46.

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Cry of the Poor

By Andrew Young

God hear their voice! It is the cry Of wo and want in accents wild. Is there no power in Thine own name To cease the reign of greed and shame? Shall wealth, still mocking, pass them by? O God of Hosts, list to their cry!
They ask a share of blessings lent To all mankind. O, hear their prayer For bread and roof! May it be sent! Their children cry in tears, and moan, With face uplifted to Thy throne. Shall greed still, mocking, pass them by? O God of Hosts, list to their cry!
Thy kingdom here can ne'er fill grateful hearts, Till of its blessings they shall have a part; Till Christians shall Thy golden precepts preach With heart and hand, and not with empty speech; Wealth, with proud head, no longer pass us by. Thy kingdom then shall reign, great God on high. —Col. Andrew Young.