The Witness Of Rufus Jones

from Fully Alive by Bryan Sirchio

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"The Witness of Rufus Jones"
from "Fully Alive" album.

The Witness of Rufus Jones

Words & Music By Bryan Sirchio

About a 100 years ago, a Quaker man named Rufus Jones
Authored over 50 books
I know this because I just looked him up on the internet using Google.com
Which was linked of course with Amazon
So I bought Rufus Jones’ biography
Got a hunch it’s gonna speak to me

But right now, the only words I know that were written once by Rufus Jones
Were found last year by a friend of mine
On the wall of a Quaker school in Palestine
My friend sent them out in a Christmas card
And when I read the words, well, they hit me hard
They rang true in the same way that babe in the manger does

Rufus Jones wrote…

I pin all my hopes on quiet processes
And small circles in which
Vital and truly transforming events take place (repeat)

But…In this violent world of ours --clashing principalities and powers
Market fear like they market soap
Loud and clear we’re told our hope
Lies only in the hands of those who will kill in order to impose
What we claim we need to be secure
These are dangerous times for sure

And yet a circle seems to gently say, there is only us—there’s no we and they
And those words sent out by that friend of mine
Are still hanging on that school wall in Palestine
Between bulldozed homes and suicide bombs
The witness of Rufus Jones lives on
And rings true in the same way that Christ on the cross still does

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from Fully Alive, released May 4, 2015

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