Restore Us

Restore Us

Where our walls Are broken down Rebuild us God Where streets Are neither safe nor sound redeem Rekindle fires of once strong praise Rebound your joys in tone and phrase From ancient stones of walls Once raised for you…   Return Messiah King Let these stones sing...
My Morning Star

My Morning Star

O Christ, our morning star, Splendour of light eternal, Shining with the glory of the rainbow. Come and waken us From the greyness of our apathy, And renew in us Your gift of hope.   Venerable Bede...
Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come

Lord, it belongs not to my care whether I die or live: to love and serve thee is my share, and this thy grace must give. Christ leads me through no darker rooms than he went through before; he that into God’s kingdom comes must enter by this door. Come, Lord,...
Caged Skylark?

Caged Skylark?

As a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage Man’s mounting spirit in his bone-house, mean house, dwells – That bird beyond the remembering his free fells, This in drudgery, day-labouring-out life’s age….   Not that the sweet-fowl,...
World Without End

World Without End

This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond, Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound.   It beckons and it baffles; Philosophies don’t know, And through a riddle, at the last, Sagacity must go.   To guess it puzzles scholars; To gain it, men have...