Things we thought were firm foundations,
words in which we put our trust,
buildings where we offered worship,
all these things may turn to dust.
Here when wars and devastation
seem to damn all future hope,
we must find new ways of loving,
means to broaden human scope.
Verses 2-3 follow
Metre: 8 7 8 7 D
Tune: DIM OND IESU
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2/11/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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