Story Behind the Song
I wanted to write a song about Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary to Canada and it ended up as my tribute to all of those who serve God sacrificially, where ever they may be.
Lyrics
Intro D7, G2 D7, G2
D F#m G
Steven was, a man of faith and power, doing
D F#m G A
Signs and wonders for to save them.
Em Bm A2
Brought before, the council of the land,
Em Bm Asus A
Charged with lies by those in power.
D F#m G
Steven said, “I see the open heavens, and the
D F#m G A
Son of man beside the Father!”
Em Bm A2
They took his life, in a fit of darkest rage,
Em Bm Asus A
To deny his Lord was not his way.
G G/A A D2
For the love of God,
G A2 D
They gave their all for Him
G A F#m Bm
They lived their lives, in total sac-ri-fice
Em A D
All for the love of God
D F#m G
Jean he was, a holy man of God, to this
D F#m G A
Savage land he came to save them
Em Bm A2
Preaching Christ, to our home and native sons,
Em Bm Asus A
“In God alone, did his heart rest”.
D F#m G
Through the fire, of evil did he pass, being
D F#m G A
Stripped of life, but not of Jesus Christ,
Em Bm A2
He bore it all, that the nation may be saved,
Em Bm Asus A
Still loving them even as he died.
D F#m G
Gonxha as, a child would keep her faith, giving
D F#m G A
Praises to the Holy Father,
Em Bm A2
She learned to care, from her mother and her Lord,
Em Bm Asus A
“For the work is His, and we but tools.”
D F#m G
She made a vow, to serve all those in need, to a
D F#m G A
Foreign land she came to love them.
Em Bm A2
Mending hearts, mini-stering to their needs,
Em Bm Asus A
To “serve the King” and show she cared.
Words & Music
db campbell
2000 Crosstrax Music Services
CCLI License No. 938047
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