The Mission

1. When the runners came from bethlehem
All breathless with good news
They were passing a baton forward through time
The commission, from god's lips to our ears
Carried by his saints two thousand years
Connects us all to the same lifeline
As i fix my eyes ahead
I can feel the spirit's breath...

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(and) i can hear the mission bell ringing out loud and clear
It's the revolution jesus started, and it's here
Echoing across the world from the shores of galilee
I can hear the mission bell call for you and me
I wanna run with fire
It's my heart's desire
Lifting your love higher.

2. In the history of our faith's arrivals
Great awakenings, welsh revivals
Saints and martyrs, summoned by a new birth
Patrick's save of the irish nation
William carey's expectation
Lambs & lions
Called to the ends of the earth
Gotta put my hand to the plow
Not looking back, not now...