A Love Unfeigned

Words by Geoffery Dearmer

Music by Dan Carter

First-Place Hymn

1. And didst thou travel light, dear Lord, was thine so smooth a road,

that thou upon thy shoulders broad could hoist our heavy load?

Too frail each other’s woes to bear without thy help are we;

can we each other’s burdens share, if we not burden thee?

2. O wonder of the world withstood! That night of prayer and doom

was not the sunset red as blood, the dawn pale as a tomb?

In agony and bloody sweat, in tears of love unfeigned,

O undespairing Lord, and yet, with man identified.

3. As in dark drops the pitting rain falls on a dusty street,

so tears shall fall and fall again to wash thy wounded feet.

But thy quick hands to heal are strong. O love thy children we,

who sing with joy the Pilgrim’s song and walk dear Lord with thee.