Behold a Broken World
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w: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1985
m: Trad. English melody, 19th cent.
Tune: Kingsfold
Meter: C.M.D
Alternate tune: Marsh Chapel, Max Miller, 1984

[Verse 1]
Behold a broken world, we pray,
where want and war increase,
and grant us, Lord, in this our day,
the ancient dream of peace.

[Verse 2]
A dream of swords to sickles bent,
of spears to scythe and spade,
the weapons of our warfare spent,
a world of peace remade;

[Verse 3]
Where ev'ry battle flag is furled
and ev'ry trumpet stilled,
where wars shall cease in all the world,
a waking dream fulfilled.

[Verse 4]
No force of arms shall there prevail
nor justice cease its sway;
nor shall their loftiest visions fail
the dreamers of the day.

[Verse 5]
O Prince of Peace, who died to save,
a lost world to redeem,
and rose in triumph from the grave,
behold our waking dream.

[Verse 6]
Bring, Lord, your better world to birth,
your kingdom, love's domain,
where peace with God, and peace on earth,
and peace eternal reign.