We Sing Now Together

We sing now together our song of thanksgiving,

rejoicing in goods which the ages have wrought,

for life that enfolds us, and helps and heals and holds us,

and leads beyond the goals which our forebears once sought.

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We sing of the freedoms which martyrs and heroes

have won by their labor, their sorrow, their pain;

the oppressed befriending, our ampler hopes defending,

their death becomes a triumph, they died not in vain.

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We sing of the prophets, the teachers, the dreamers,

designers, creators, and workers, and seers;

our own lives expanding, our gratitude commanding,

their deeds have made immortal their days and their years.

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We sing of community now in the making

in every far continent, region, and land;

with those of all races, all times and names and places,

we pledge ourselves in covenant firmly to stand.