Give Thanks for Saints Lyrics

Give thanks for those whose faith is firm when

All around seems bleak

On God's good promise they rely, so

While they live and when they die

How forcefully they speak

The strong, who once were weak!

Give thanks for those whose hope is clear

Beyond mere mortal sight

Who seek the city God has planned

The true, eternal promised land

And steer on toward that light

A beacon ever bright

Give thanks for those whose love is pure

A sparkling precious stone

They show by what they say and do

An inward beauty, warm and true

For God's concerns they own

God's love through them is known

Give thanks for saints of ages past

And saints alive today

Though often by this world despised

Their hearts by God are richly prized

Give thanks that we may say

We share their pilgrim way