Sunburnt Saints
Good on you, Sister Carmel
Bless you, Sister Theo
Put thirty years of love into that little outback town
And I loved your tales of going out
Like some boundary-riding angels
To share a time with bush folks
To listen and to pray
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
They follow in the footsteps of the king
Well, good on you, Reverend Ian
You blessed me in that chapel
Always just a handful, but you give them all you can
Beneath the peppercorn in Jericho
You point them to the Saviour
Stand among the distant ones
With faithfulness and joy
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
They follow in the footsteps of the king
Bless you, Malcolm and Amata
Your little flock have grown now
But you loved and nurtured each of them in your strong and gentle way
And then shared the precious fellowship
Through the gates of Lo-Debar
Chilli and tortillas
The warm embrace of faith
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
Well, they got hope and light and life and love to bring
Yeah, there's hope and light and life and love to bring
As they follow in the footsteps of the King
The footsteps of the King
Bless you, Sister Theo
Put thirty years of love into that little outback town
And I loved your tales of going out
Like some boundary-riding angels
To share a time with bush folks
To listen and to pray
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
They follow in the footsteps of the king
Well, good on you, Reverend Ian
You blessed me in that chapel
Always just a handful, but you give them all you can
Beneath the peppercorn in Jericho
You point them to the Saviour
Stand among the distant ones
With faithfulness and joy
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
They follow in the footsteps of the king
Bless you, Malcolm and Amata
Your little flock have grown now
But you loved and nurtured each of them in your strong and gentle way
And then shared the precious fellowship
Through the gates of Lo-Debar
Chilli and tortillas
The warm embrace of faith
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
Sunburnt saints, godly pioneers
Rendered faith to ride the wild frontiers
With hope and light and life and love to bring
Well, they got hope and light and life and love to bring
Yeah, there's hope and light and life and love to bring
As they follow in the footsteps of the King
The footsteps of the King
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Writer(s): Colin Keith Robert Buchanan
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