There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man, it's… - Sydney Carter

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There's a light that is shining in the heart of a man, it's the light that was shining when the world began. There's a light that is shining in the Turk and the Jew and a light that is shining, friend, in me and in you.

Sydney Carter

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Sydney Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English Quaker poet and songwriter.

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Alternative Names: Sydney Bertram Carter

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Teach the crippled how to leap,
Throw their crutches on a heap, Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down. Rock, love, carry it away,
Lift the world up by your levity, Rock, love, carry it away, turn it upside down.

Wherever you travel I'll be there, I'll be there Wherever you travel, I'll be there And the creed and the colour And the name won't matter I'll be there.

Your holy hearsay is not evidence. Give me the good news in the present tense. What happened nineteen hundred years ago May not have happened. How am I to know? So shut your Bibles up and show me how The Christ you talk about Is living now.

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