Hymn 668 – HOW great the tumult, fight and brawl | C&S English Hymnary

1. HOW great the tumult, fight and brawl Screaming pervade the earth Harmonious co-habitation Oft within kits and kins. 2. All flying birds within their nests In harmony abides O! what a great splendor it be All to abide at peace. 3. Bragging and threatening all in vain Value‐less and vain pride The club and staff of pain to bear And death the end shall be. 4. Grief is the fruit of temptations Amidst the kits and kins In grief borne of hot jealously Cain, his brother doth slain. 5. The grief of the ‘Wise’ for a while Never till the sun set But of the foolish it shall be Until the dusk at dawn. 6. Forgive us our misdeeds oh Lord And our short coming, Lord Grieve borne from infancy relieve May we age forth in love. Amin