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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
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