(Sullivan/Dean/Monger) 2024 We all had different reasons to be there There was a light up ahead that only we were seeing And we only have the stories at the end Secrets and confessions and mostly told to strangers That all things will pass by and by Is the only promise that we need And to raise up our eyes as we walk on the stone And to go as the long road will lead The birds were watching silent from the trees As we came down from the hills, dust blowing from our footprints And all to see a miracle unfold A place that we had dreamed, a different kind of justice Hymn – excerpt from Idumea And am I born to die? To lay this body down! And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies! (Charles Wesley 1763 / Ananias Davisson 1816) Published by PRS/MCPS
