Author: Christopher Idle
Must the sword devour for ever,
ancient quarrels still persist?
How long brother use on brother
bomb or bullet, knife or fist?
2. When will someone break the deadlock,
halt the carnage, stop the race,
blow the trumpet not for battle
but for pausing, then for peace?
3. Let the strongest know their frailty,
let the weakest find their power;
let us seize the time for turning:
could this be God’s day, God’s hour?
4. Christ who lives in each believer,
come to make these murders cease;
win in us this greatest triumph,
Christ our champion, Christ our peace!
Scriptures: Ephesians 3:17, Genesis 4:8-9, Ephesians 2:14, 1 John 3:10-15, Ecclesiastes 9:18, 1 Samuel 11:12-13, 1 Samuel 31, 2 Samuel 2:26-28, 1 Kings 12:24, 2 Chronicles 11:1-4, Amos 1:11, Matthew 26:51-52, Matthew 26:52, Mark 14:47-48, Luke 22:49-51, 1 Corinthians 1:25, James 4:1-10
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