When the earth's wild hidden forces (website only)
- Theme:
- Nature and Mystery of God
- Metre:
- 87.87.47. (extended)
- Tune:
- Cwm Rhondda
- Theme:
- Wholeness of Creation
- Authors & translators:
- Brookes, Norman
- Hymns on StF+:
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1 When the earth’s wild hidden forces
roar and shake and tilt the ground‚
making fissures, cracks, and sinkholes
in this land that once seemed sound‚
then we know a power beyond us,
part of mystery profound,
part of mystery profound.
2 When the earth’s wild hidden forces,
crush and maim, and kill life’s dreams,
taking from us those who loved us,
people that we long esteemed‚
then we know a power beyond us,
greater than we ever dreamed,
greater than we ever dreamed.
3 When the earth’s wild hidden forces,
strike our cities thought secure,
damage buildings long enduring,
till‚ unsafe, they stand no more‚
then we know a power beyond us,
sprung forth from creation’s store,
sprung forth from creation’s store.
4 Now let earth’s wild hidden forces,
show us values long ignored
in our search for passing pleasures:
life and love, and faith in God‚
in the testing and the turmoil
may God’s healing power be found
may God’s healing love abound.
Copyright, ©‚ September 2010, Norman E Brookes (CCLI Song No 5953367) Used by permission
Metre: 87.87.47. extended
Suggested tune: Cwm Rhondda (StF 465; H&P 437)
See also Singing the moment