Altar to the Unknown God

Build a fire and fan the flame
 Sacrifice without a name
 Offerings on the altar to the unknown God
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 Multitudes of gods cover our landscapes and our lives
 Images of deities and halls of sacrifice
 Philosophers and scholars and sophisticates we are
 Our gods are our religion and religion is our God
 A stranger came to town one day and fearlessly proclaimed
 "The unknown god you worship on this altar has a name"
 He said, "This god is not an image or a statue of the dead
 In Him we live and have our being as your own poets have said"
 Build a fire and fan the flame
 Sacrifice without a name
 Offerings on the altar to the unknown god
 Dance around the altar blaze
 Bring the works your hands have made
 Place them on the altar to the unknown god
 He dwells not in temples built by human hands
 He needs no assistance or service of man
 The nameless you worship is greater than all
 Your idols of death never answer your call
 All nations He formed from the flesh of one man
 He marked out their times and the boundaries of lands
 Your life and your breath He bestows with the day
 So seek Him and find Him for He is not far away
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 Fire upon the altar burns the sacrifice
 Sacrificial lamb was slain to pay the final price
 Come, ye heavy laden, sinner's mercy cry
 The unknown god you call upon is nigh
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 Gather 'round the altar
 Stoke the holy fire
 Purifying flames of righteousness are rising higher
 Come ye hungry, eat the bread of life and drink the wine
 Altar to the living God divine
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 No image of stone or of silver and gold
 No effigy mankind has raised to behold
 The day and the hour of judgment is set
 He's proven Him by the resurrection of the dead
 Build a fire and fan the flame
 Sacrifice without a name
 Offerings on the altar to the unknown god
 Stand before the altar blaze
 Bring the lives His hands have made
 Place them on the altar to the one true God
 Your unknown god
 Is the one living God