To simply bask in ignorance, to shy away from facts,
can masquerade as 'simple faith',
or veil our foolish acts;
and then the world will look at us,
a church so old and stale,
no longer worth a second glance,
a church beyond the pale.
Verses 2-3 follow
Tune: BETHLEHEM (also known as CLAUDIUS [Fink]);
NOEL (Sullivan)
Metre: CMD
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 27/8/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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