Based on the description of the Day of Judgement from Matthew 25, and using Haydn’s St Anthony Chorale, this is a call to compassion.

I Was All Those People

When you saw me hungry, lonely,

Did you stop and try to help me?

When you saw me homeless, outcast,

Was it from your cruelty?

 

I was all those people, waiting,

For your love to reach your neighbour,

If you helped my children, truly

You have helped your Saviour.

 

On the day that you face judgement,

There is nowhere you can hide

I’m the one that you rejected,

Punished and denied.

I was all those people,

Waiting, hoping for your love.

 

When I was a foreign stranger,

When I was a refugee,

Did you blame me for my suffering,

Shut your heart against me?

I was all those people,

Waiting, hoping for your love.

 

Here is the sheet music:

i-was-all-those-people

And the performance. (This is the slightly longer version, but the shorter one is better for congregational singing).