orchidee

Silver Searching

Tune: Ratisbon

(\'Christ, whose glory fills the skies\')

Luke 15 v.8-10

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What woman has pieces ten

Of silver, her dowry then

As a garland round neck worn

What if one piece lost, forlorn

She shall be, she lights candle

And then takes broom, sweeps house all

 

She does seek diligently

Until she finds it, so be

When she has found it, then she

Calls her friends, neighbours, says, We

Can rejoice for I have found

Lost coin, let praises sound

 

So, likewise, there is joy in

Heaven, with angels therein

Over one sinner who turns

To God, repents, of Him learns

As lost coin is restored

So we now found with our Lord