[00:00.06]Build a fire and fan the flame[00:02.85]Sacrifice without a name[00:06.24]Offerings on the altar to the unknown god[00:24.51]Multitudes of gods cover our landscapes and our lives[00:27.69]Images of deities and halls of sacrifice[00:30.54]Philosophers and scholars and sophisticates we are[00:33.84]Our gods are our religion and religion is our god[00:42.78]A stranger came to town one day[00:44.64]And fearlessly proclaimed[00:46.20]“The unknown god you worship[00:47.43]On this altar has a name”[00:48.81]He said, “This god is not an image[00:50.55]Or a statue of the dead[00:51.96]In Him we live and have our being[00:53.73]As your own poets have said”[00:54.90]Build a fire and fan the flame[00:58.65]Sacrifice without a name[01:09.30]Offerings on the altar to the unknown god[01:10.20]Dance around the altar blaze[01:10.77]Brings the works your hands have made[01:12.51]Place them on the altar to the unknown god[01:19.44]He dwells not in temples[01:21.24]Built by human hands[01:22.77]He needs no assistance[01:24.99]Or service of man[01:25.83]The nameless you worship[01:27.51]Is greater than all[01:28.95]Your idols of death[01:30.27]Never answer your call[01:31.65]All nations He formed[01:33.39]From the flesh of one man[01:35.13]He marked out their times[01:36.69]And the boundaries of lands[01:38.22]Your life and your breath[01:39.63]He bestows with the day[01:41.28]So seek Him and find Him[01:42.90]For He is not far away[01:44.91]Fire upon the altar[02:27.96]Burns the sacrifice[02:30.93]Sacrificial lamb was slain to pay the final price[02:37.20]Come, ye heavy laden[02:39.12]Sinner’s mercy cry[02:43.56]The unknown God your call upon is nigh[02:45.30]Gather ‘round the altar[03:05.04]Stoke the holy fire[03:10.05]Purifying flames of righteousness[03:12.12]Are rising higher[03:12.54]Come ye hungry, eat the bread of life[03:18.03]And drink the wine[04:12.30]Altar to the living God divine[04:46.56]No image of stone or of silver and gold[04:49.89]No effigy mankind has raised to behold[04:52.98]The day and the hour of judgment is set[04:55.95]He’s proven Him by the resurrection of the dead[04:58.80]Build a fire and fan the flame[05:02.49]Sacrifice without a name[05:05.52]Offerings on the altar to the unknown god[05:11.43]Stand before the altar blaze[05:12.21]Bring the lives His hands have made[05:12.90]Place them on the altar to the one true god[05:24.21]Your unknown god[05:24.54]Is the one living God