1 Must the sword devour for ever, ancient quarrels still persist? How long brother use on brother bomb or bullet, knife or fist? 2 When will someone break the deadlock, halt the carnage, stop the race, blow the trumpet not for battle but for pausing, then for peace? 3 Let the strongest know their frailty, let the weakest find their power; let us seize the time for turning: could this be God's day, God's hour? 4 Christ who lives in each believer, come to make these murders cease; win in us this greatest triumph, Christ our champion, Christ our peace!