Here’s
a new hymn from Elizabeth Cosnett (Hymns
for Everyday Saints).
When we are tempted
When
we are tempted in our pride
to
dizzy heights of sin,
beneath
our feet, O Lord, provide
a
ripe banana skin,
and
when we yearn at someone’s head
to
let a brickbat fly,
give
us the grace to use instead
a
well-aimed custard pie….
When
cherished institutions stand
before
your throne of grace,
with
good intentions in each hand
and
egg on every face,
teach
us to query grand designs
with
laughter born of tears,
for
deep in earth’s jam-butty mines
your
rainbow still appears…
~
written by Elizabeth Cosnett, in her collection Hymns for Everyday Saints. http://www.amazon.com/Hymns-Everyday-Saints-Elizabeth-Cosnett/dp/B003VSZLAM Posted on the website of Greenfield Church (Baptist and Congregational) in Urmston, England.
http://www.greenfieldchurch.co.uk/documents/GR010511.pdf
The
hymn is in 8.6.8.6.D meter. You might try one of the following tunes:
ELLACOMBE
(I sing the mighty power of God)
FORESTGREEN (O little town of Bethlehem – UK tune)
