Fred Pratt Green was a British Methodist minister. He was 79 when he wrote “O Praise the Hidden God of Love.” It is # 2027 in “The Faith We Sing.” It can be sung to many tunes, but I love the name of the tune listed in TFWS, “O Waly Waly.”
It is the song of an old man who is searching well for final integrity. Here are the words…
“Now praise the hidden God of love, in whom we all must live and move, who shepherds us at every stage, through youth, maturity, and age.
Who challenged us when we were young, to storm the citadels of wrong; in care for others taught us how God’s true community must grow.
Who bids us never lose our zest, though age is urging us to rest, but proves to us that we have still, a work to do, a place to fill.”
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