La música cristiana es de origen judío: la liturgia musical de la sinagoga, en particular el canto psalmódico de los judíos como unidad poética musical, fue un legado preciado transmitido del Israel antiguo al cristianismo primitivo, como forma de manifestar tanto a nivel personal como comunitario las creencias religiosas y la fe en Dios.
If time were ever to wear you away
And circumstance should bind me
If age should bring a dark night on my soul
If fear and doubt should bind me
Please stir my heart
Take me back to the fire
And bring to me recollections of joy
And renew my first desire
If pains and trials come to me
And I cannot stand strong
If fools adjust my theories
To believe your truth is wrong
Please stir my heart
Take me back to the fire
And bring to me recollections of joy
And renew my first desire
I swear it will never happen to me
But how I can I know
For Peter swore the same to thee
Oh, hear the cock crow
Please stir my heart
Take me back to the fire
And bring to me recollections of joy
And renew my first desire
Please stir my heart
Take me back to the fire
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