1 How old the road, where pilgrims went from Southwark streets to fields of Kent! How many travellers today will find the new and living Way? 2 And who among them briefly sees, by shops and flats and businesses, one different tower of brick and stone which stands for Christ as Lord alone? 3 While road and railway thunder on and stores and shows have come and gone, the church of Christ still points on high to show what money cannot buy. 4 And many live, and buy and sell, from Peckham through to Camberwell: and some receive the Gift unpriced; they hear God's word, and turn to Christ. 5 From many cultures, children play; there's none too young to learn to pray! For ripening age, let it be told, there can be praise in growing old! 6 So let God's people, like their tower; point firmly, clearly, to his power; and walk, where his true pilgrims trod, the way of Christ, the road to God.