The prophet stands before the crowd
with words of comfort in his voice.
His stance is confident and strong,
he offers, challenge, hope and choice.
He emanates authority
yet he has felt the grip of fear;
he faced the ones who threatened him,
the angry crowd was drawing near.
Verses 3-4 follow
Tune: CHURCH TRIUMPHANT; ANTWERP
Metre: LM
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 6/3/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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