Messengers Mission

Tune: St Stephen

('The Lord will come and not be slow')

Malachi 3 v.1-5

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The Lord His messenger will send

He shall prepare way, tend

Unto the coming of the Lord

Who shall come, true His word

 

The Lord whom you seek, suddenly

Shall come to you, so be

And unto His temple, even

Cov'nant messenger* then  (*John Baptist)

 

The messenger in whom you do

Delight, He comes to you

But who may abide the day when

The Lord Himself comes then?

 

And who shall stand when He appears?

When He to people nears

He is like a refiner's fire

Launderer* with soap's bar (*fuller)

 

He shall sit, refine, purify

As if silver, no lie

Purify the sons of Levi* (*Old Testament priest's assistants)

That they then by and by

 

By and by shall offer unto

Him righteous offerings new

They shall be unto Him pleasant

As olden days content

 

The Lord will swiftly judge evil

Against sorcerers tell

Adulterers, liars, cheats too

And those who oppress do

 

And they that exploit widows*, poor (*and widowers)

He shall judge them for sure

They that who neglect the orphans

The vulnerable ones