We do not know, we cannot tell – a hymn - As seasons turn Autumn (or Fall, however we name it) heralds Winter, but Spring will offer new creation. How much do we need human intervention for such hope, such radical, new ways of thinking and living in the world today.
1 We do not know, we cannot tell,
the reason or the season,
the time of things that are to come,
the time of God's completion.
2 At last the spirit will reform,
will counter alteration,
will clear the way for Love to rule,
God's final consummation.
3 The image of a cloud would shape
a sign of elevation,
a metaphor for earth and heaven's
intimate connection.
4 And words relate what minds still doubt,
though faith would make assertion,
that Christ in God is God again,
allowing love's dispersion.
5 Then from this day the path, the way,
took human intervention,
and love still lives, still forms our lives
through constant re-creation.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME
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