472 若是主的教會 When the Church of Jesus

1.    若是主的教會，大門常關緊，
       恐怕外界嘈雜，淹沒禱告聲。

       惟願我們祈禱，蒙恩主提醒：

       我們所拒的世界，待關懷愛顧。

2.    若我們的心靈翱翔又飄逸，

       超越塵世苦痛，未顧人困境。

       沉醉唱頌讚美，忘卻人苦痛。

       求神塑造我眾，將信付諸行。

3.    若是奉獻財物、才能，並時間，

       未察賄賂良知，掩蓋罪和羞。

       主啊，求你斥責，感動我眾心。
       懇求恩主教我活出真見證。

When the Church of Jesus

When the church of Jesus shuts its outer door,

lest 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.

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 Christian worship into Christian deeds.

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, dying Savior, how true Christians live.

by: Fred Pratt Green (1968)