When vi’lence leads to vi’lence - John Miller Campbell

When vi’lence leads to vi’lence
and pain just births more pain,
when savagery keeps cycling
and hoped for peace seems vain:

Then come to us, Peacemaker!
With kindness intervene!
With costly love overthrow our world,
let peace and justice reign!

When lies abound to trick us
and truth seems hard to find,
when autocrats are shameless
and freedom’s left behind:

Then come to us, our Saviour!
With truth now intervene!
With costly love overthrow our world,
let peace and justice reign!

When billionaires grow richer
whilst poverty is rife,
and systems breed injustice,
squeeze out all chance of life.

Then come to us, Redeemer!
With justice intervene!
With costly love overthrow our world,
let peace and justice reign!

When gas and oil are burning
our hope of future life,
when profit-driven denying
traps all in deadly strife.

Then come to us, Christ Jesus!
Let good sense intervene!
With costly love overthrow our world,
let peace and justice reign!

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John Miller Campbell (born 1952) England

Source: The United Reformed Church