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126 Facing a task unfinished

AURELIA 76 76 D Words: Frank Houghton (1894–1972)
Music: Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–76)

Moderate
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4 ‰ ‰ ŠŠ Š Š ŠŠ Š‰ Š ‰.
Fac - ing a task un - fin - ished, that drives us to our knees,

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A7 D F# Gdim G D A

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a need that, un - dim - in - ished, re - bukes our sloth - ful ease,

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we who re - joice to know Thee, re - new be-fore Thy throne

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Š Š‰ Š Š‰ Š ‰‰ Š‰ Š Š‰ Š Š‰ Š ‰.‰ .
the sol - emn pledge we owe Thee, to go and make Thee known.

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Words: G OMF, Station Approach, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8BG

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1 Facing a task unfinished,

that drives us to our knees,
a need that, undiminished,
rebukes our slothful ease,
we who rejoice to know Thee,
renew before Thy throne
the solemn pledge we owe Thee,
to go and make Thee known.

2 Where other lords beside Thee

hold their unhindered sway,
where forces that defied Thee
defy Thee still today,
with none to heed their crying
for life, and love, and light,
unnumbered souls are dying,
and pass into the night.

3 We bear the torch that, flaming,

fell from the hands of those
who gave their lives, proclaiming
that Jesus died and rose.
Ours is the same commission,
the same glad message ours;
fired by the same ambition,
to Thee we yield our powers.

4 O Father who sustained them,

O Spirit who inspired,
Saviour, whose love constrained them
to toil with zeal untired,
from cowardice defend us,
from lethargy awake!
Forth on Thine errands send us,
to labour for Thy sake.

Words: G OMF, Station Approach, Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 8BG

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