At the centre of each city
…for our nation now (alluding to Jeremiah 29: 4 – 7; Luke 17: 11-19)
1 At the centre of each city,
here where commerce drowns out tears,
hear the cry of Christ, forsaken,
people lost in debt or fears.
2 Different languages will mingle,
cultures bringing life to light,
yet the foreign raise new questions,
shaking what we thought was right.
3 Here new neighbours rubbing shoulders,
help to make us look anew
at the way we live together,
testing if our love is true
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
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Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: GOTT WILL’S MACHEN; CROSS OF JESUS
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