"If we give you a pistol, will you fight for the Lord?" "Bu… - Sydney Carter

"If we give you a pistol, will you fight for the Lord?" "But you can't kill the Devil with a gun or a sword!" "Will you swear on the Bible?" "I will not!" said he, "For the truth is more holy than the book, to me."

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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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.

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.

When I needed a neighbour Were you there, were you there? When I needed a neighbour, were you there? And the creed and the colour And the name won't matter Were you there?

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