Faith was forged in testing times
Blind to what's ahead
Memories and prophecies
Left so much unsaid
No regard for earthly ways
Odds against success
Yet they staked their heaven's claims
Against the world's excess
Adoration in the frost
Darkness set alight
Deep within their constant prayers
Hardship took to flight
Ocean winds filled every day
Cold stone for a bed
Yet their winter voices raised
The hopes of those ahead
Faith burns brightly in the storm
Embers in the gale
Hope will kindle in our hearts
Should our footsteps fail
We will never lose the way
With our waypoints marked
By those beacons flaming
Tinder-dry and Spirit-sparked
Rising now, as evening falls
Calling on the Christ
Word of God with human voice
Earth and heaven spliced
On those ancient shoulders now
Peering through the night
Advent lights still shining
From the past to guide our sight
