Remember all the people

Remember all the people. Percy Dearmer* (1867-1936). First published in The Round World (1929), a magazine for children published by the Church Missionary Society, who had commissioned the hymn: Remember all the peopleWho live in far off landsIn strange and lovely citiesOr roam the desert sands,Or farm the mountain pasturesOr till the endless plainsWhere children wade through rice fieldsAnd watch the camel trains. Some work in sultry forestsWhere apes swing to and fro,Some fish in mighty rivers,Some hunt across the snow.Remember all God’s children,Who yet have never heardThe truth that comes from Jesus,The glory of His Word. God bless the men and womenWho serve Him overseas;God raise up...