Who rules the world just like a king
within our present time and space?
Who has the power of life and death,
of healing or withholding grace.
As politicians seek our votes,
exposing or obscuring truth,
sometimes their language loses rhyme,
while arguments become obtuse.
Just what is truth and where is love,
and what would Jesus do or say?
And how are we to follow faith
within our present time and day?
Who rules our wills, who charms our lives,
the powerful, or those hid from sight;
the weak, denied, or those abused
who hide away within the night?
The least is Jesus in our midst.
The least of these is Christ the King.
Then let the world turn upside down
the poor must rise and rule and sing.
© Andrew Pratt 27/10/2012
Tune: FULDA, GONFALON ROYAL
Metre: LM
CHRIST THE KING
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