88.6.D: A Hymn

1. Eternal Love, your grace we praise
   Which shapes and comforts all our days,
   Evolves the world we know.
   Let worship, symbols come of age
   To help us read beneath the page
   And test the status quo!

2. Renewing Love, in Jesus met
    Defying limitation yet
    Particular in all;
    Confronting still the edifice
    Of ignorance and prejudice,
    Responding to our call.

3. But still your truth we faintly see
   Though Church and Scripture guarantee
   To point us on our way.
   A darkened mirror blurs our sight
   While false ideas obscure the light
   And spurn the shining ray.

4. Thanks be for scholars, prophets too          
    Who lead the quest for insights new
    As old convictions fade.
    May we in faith by Spirit led
    In Jesus’ footsteps bravely tread
    And never be afraid!

© David Stevenson 2010

Suggested tune:  Manna by J G Schicht (1753-1823)