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Another mountain on the road – a hymn for Transfiguration Sunday

Another mountain on the road – a hymn for Transfiguration Sunday

1         Another mountain on the road 
           that led them to Jerusalem, 
           a rising path, a stony way, 
           the climb towards a brighter day.
          
2         They broke through mist, looked down on clouds, 
           the earth below now veiled to sight. 
           Above, the summit, time to rest, 
           a place of blessing for the blessed.
          
3         And as they waited Christ had gone, 
           a cloud of light was all they saw. 
           Then as the mist had cleared away, 
           he stood and shone as bright as day.
          
4         Confused and dazzled, stunned they stood, 
           his closest friends looked on in awe.
           But soon they’d see his utter loss, 
           beneath the shadow of a cross.
          
5         The heights of heaven, depths of hell, 
           still mirror all we know on earth:
           this brief oasis soon had passed, 
           and only grace and love would last.

Andrew Pratt (born 1948) © 2012 Stainer and Bell Ltd., London, England, www.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 8 8 8 Tune: WINCHESTER NEW
Created by HymnQuest.com

Photo © Andrew Pratt 2026

From the Bridge (Bridge 196 Trent & Mersey Canal) Marbury Park, Northwich (updated 29 January 2026)

A series of photos taken from Bridge 196 over the Trent & Mersey Canal at various seasons over a few years. All © Andrew Pratt 2026

Thank you to the Canal & River Trust for maintaining this beautiful place

Montage of views from Photoshop © Andrew Pratt

New Year – from darkness toward light – As constant as the pulsar’s pulse

New Year – from darkness toward light - As constant as the pulsar's pulse - a hymn for the first Sunday in the New Year or for a Watchnight Service

1 As constant as the pulsar's pulse, 
 as certain as the rising sun; 
 in darkness love will never die, 
 nor horror snuff our human worth. 

2 The sounding of a baby's cry 
 as suckling, taken from her breast, 
 demands a mother's full concern, 
 so you have heard our hoarse lament. 

3 Our cry goes out through all the world, 
 through this and each succeeding age; 
 your glance returns our wanting gaze, 
 and none escape your light or love. 

Metre: LM Tune: HEREFORD (Wesley)

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948) 
Words © 2002 © 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.

Image (c) Andrew Pratt 2025

When evil gathers in the wings – A hymn for Remembrance at a time of international tension

When evil gathers in the wings  - A hymn for Remembrance at a time of international tension

1	When evil gathers in the wings 
	the time of crisis offers choice: 
	to rise with courage and resist 
	or keep our silence, still each voice. 
	What shall we do when chaos reigns, 
	act out God’s love? Submit to chains?

2	As history echoes from the past, 
	while memories can tend to fade, 
	‘lest we forget’ let us recast 
	the hard decisions others made: 
	to live the love that Christ had shown, 
	self-sacrificial, Spirit blown.

Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2019 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 8 8 8 8 8
Tune: ABINGDON