Tune: St Magnus
(\'The head that once was crowned with thorns\')
Acts Chapter 6 parts
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Seven men of honest report
By early church were sought
To be deacons, food distribute
Grounded in God their root
They full of the Holy Spirit
Their lives illumined, lit
And full of wisdom, so to serve
Not from the truth to swerve
And one was Stephen, a man full
Of faith, he powerful
Full of the Holy Spirit too
Did wonders not a few
Yes, full of faith and power he
Did God\'s work, all did see
Life of God from him radiates
And needy souls he sates
His opposers were not able
To withstand him at all
Could not the wisdom nor spirit
Resist, nor words one whit
When at his trial they did see
A sight resplendently
Saw his face as an angel there
He did the gospel share