Hymn for the Harbor Workers by Samuel Reed in the Key of G
A hymn honoring dockworkers, longshore crews, and harbor laborers whose work sustained trade and communities, and noting how chapels and unions supported welfare and justice. It traces the church role in advocating for fair wages and humane conditions.
Opening line of Hymn for the Harbor Workers: Hands that load and hands that bless meet at the quay where tide and town converse.
Closing line of Hymn for the Harbor Workers: Move our hearts to seek justice for labor and to bless the hands that feed the city.
Bible Verses Related to Hymn for the Harbor Workers: James 5:4 | Isaiah 58:6-7
Thoughts about Hymn for the Harbor Workers: This hymn recounts how churches partnered with labor movements to provide schooling, legal aid, and pastoral care to harbor workers. It emphasizes dignity of labor and the need for advocacy. Devotionally it calls congregations to stand with workers, to support fair labor practices, and to see economic justice as integral to Christian discipleship.
Thoughts about Hymn for the Harbor Workers by famous people:
Robert Hale | Justice for labor is a form of worship