[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

Build a fire and fan the flame
Sacrifice without a name
Offerings on the altar to the unknown god
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
Brings 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
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 your call upon is nigh
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
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