From the recording Free to Be
Lyrics
That Power <br />
by Marsha Stevens and LeRoy Dysart <br />
copyright 1987 Marsha Stevens dba BALM Publishing <br />
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Jesus came upon a beggar, blind from birth, <br />
Turned and called him gently, “Son of earth” <br />
The clamor rose among the crowd, <br />
“Who sinned?” they cried to know, <br />
“Was it his parents or himself, that this man was born so?” <br />
And love cried out, “No sin has been concealed. <br />
This man is blind that you might see <br />
The power of God revealed.” <br />
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CHORUS: <br />
That power, Love’s power beyond all we conceive, <br />
That power, Love’s power that calls us to believe, <br />
That power, greater than our doubt <br />
Driving all that is not love out <br />
Reveal in us that power of your love. <br />
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Oh God, greater than our pains, greater than our fears, <br />
Turn and call us gently, dry our tears. <br />
The clamor rises in the crowd, “Who sinned? Who sinned?” they cry, <br />
“What have they done that they deserve to suffer and to die?’ <br />
And love cries out, “No sin has been concealed. <br />
I died that you might live <br />
To see the power of God revealed.” <br />
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Oh greater Love, with greater power, <br />
Hold us in this hopeless hour. <br />
Love, cover multitudes of pain <br />
and give us power to live again... <br />
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