Ancient Love: A Hymn of Dawn and Creation
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1 Long before the night
was born from darkness
Long before the dawn
rolled unsteady from fire
Long before she wrapped
her scarlet arms
around the hills
there was a love
this ancient love was born
2 Long before the grass
spotted green the bare hillside
Long before a wing
unfolded to wind
Long before she wrapped
her long blue arm
around the sea
there was a love
this aching love rolls on
3 Long before a chain
was forged
from the hillside
Long before a voice
uttered freedom's cry
Long before she wrapped
her bleeding arms
around a child
there was a love
this ancient love was born
4 Long before the name
of God was spoken
Long before a cross
was nailed from a tree
Long before she laid
her arm of colours
'cross the sky
there was a love
this ancient love was born
5 Wakeful are our nights
and slumbers our morning
Stubborn is the grass
sowing green wounded hills
As we wrap our healing
arms to hold
what her arms held
this ancient love
this aching love rolls on
Long before the night emerged, ancient love was already present, weaving through the dawn, hills, grass, and sea. It existed before chains and cries for freedom, before the cross and the spoken name of God. This hymn celebrates the enduring nature of this ancient love that continues to wrap its arms around creation, infusing life with healing and aching love that persists through night and morning.
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Hymn Long before the night was born from darkness (VU 282) *Please stand as you are able
1 Long before the night was born from darkness Long before the dawn rolled unsteady from fire
Long before she wrapped her scarlet arms around the hills there was a love this ancient love was born
2 Long before the grass spotted green the bare hillside Long before a wing unfolded to wind
Long before she wrapped her long blue arm around the sea there was a love this aching love rolls on
3 Long before a chain was forged from the hillside Long before a voice uttered freedom's cry
Long before she wrapped her bleeding arms around a child there was a love this ancient love was born
4 Long before the name of God was spoken Long before a cross was nailed from a tree
Long before she laid her arm of colours 'cross the sky there was a love this ancient love was born
5 Wakeful are our nights and slumbers our morning Stubborn is the grass sowing green wounded hills
As we wrap our healing arms to hold what her arms held this ancient love this aching love rolls on
