A thousand voices clamour
1 A thousand voices clamour
to find a listening ear;
a thousand pictures dazzle
to make their message clear;
the scientific journal,
the musings of the sage,
expand our endless learning,
our information age.
2 Some stand for rigid dogmas
that must not be denied;
some claim that truth is fluid,
a subtle, shifting tide;
and in the hollow soundbites
the cynics love to use,
the truth becomes a victim,
derided as fake news.
3 But one has come among us
to show a better way:
his every step consistent
with what he came to say.
In all his gracious teaching
the voice of God is heard:
for truth became a Person
in Christ, the living Word.
4 Lord Jesus, stir our courage
to stand within the light;
give honesty and wisdom
for sifting wrong from right;
and may your Spirit teach us
to live by what is true,
with words and habits fashioned
in faithfulness to you.
Metre: 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6
Author: Martin Leckebusch
Tunes: AURELIA, ELLACOMBE, SALLEY GARDENS
