I Sing a Song of the Saints of God
Beloved, we are God’s children now. 1 John 3:2a ... They loved their Lord so dear, so dear, and God’s love made them strong; and they followed the right, for Jesus’ sake, the whole of their good lives long. And one was a soldier, and one was a priest, and one was slain by a fierce wild beast: and there’s not any reason, no, not the least, why I shouldn’t be one too. They lived not only in ages past; there are hundreds of thousands still; the world is bright with the joyous saints who love to do Jesus’ will. You can meet them in school, or in lanes, or at sea, in church, or in trains, or in shops, or at tea; for the saints of God are just folk like me, and I mean to be one too. When I first became an Episcopalian, I had the great blessing to be a member at the church where Canon Fred P. Williams was a priest. Canon Williams was an instrumental part of the creation of the Hymnal 1982; you can see his name listed in the front of it. His knowled