A day of returning, a day to remember:
the years of their exile were over and gone,
a day of thanksgiving for such preservation,
a day for rejoicing, a day to move on.
And now they would settle to re-build a kingdom,
to value tradition, to start a new life.
For now they were feasting with joy in communion
with God who walked with them from danger and strife.
Verses 3-4 follow
Tune: STREETS OF LAREDO
Metre: 12.11.12.11
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 11/1/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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