Where bodies hang in bloody torment,
as once prefigured by the cross,
we see again in coarse oppression,
such human hate and human loss.
The nails once hammered through Christ’s body,
are now replaced with guns or wire,
sophisticated ways of torture,
yet no less sharp the fear they fire.
Verses 3-5 follow
during Sytze de Vries lecture.
TUNE: ST CLEMENT
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 30/7/2009 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk.
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