Each Winter As the Year Grows Older Lyrics

Each winter as the year grows older

We each grow older, too

The chill sets in a little colder

The verities we knew

Seem shaken and untrue

When race and class cry out for treason

When sirens call for war

They over-shout the voice of reason

And scream till we ignore

All we held dear before

Yet I believe beyond believing

That life can spring from death

That growth can flower from our grieving

That we can catch our breath

And turn transfixed by faith

So even as the sun is turning

To journey to the north

The living flame, in secret burning

Can kindle on the earth

And bring God's love to birth

O Child of ecstasy and sorrows

O Prince of peace and pain

Brighten today's world by tomorrow's

Renew our lives again

Lord Jesus, come and reign