Resistance is a holy act when empire now holds sway,
Like that empire with iron fist, which ruled in Jesus's day.
To feed and clothe and shelter those once called "the least of these"
Will anger tyrants bent on power, but will our Jesus please.
Resistance is a sacred work in times when hatred thrives,
When those who seek supremacy crush holy human lives.
To care for those of different skin gets punished as a crime,
But Jesus lifts up human folk of every race each time.
Resistance is in every age our mandate and our call,
Until the day when, like our Christ, love is from all, for all.
Until that day we feed and clothe, we shelter, care, and love,
To live as Jesus lived on earth, to love like God above.
TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, August 2025
MUSIC: Tune KINGSFOLD, English Country Songs, 1893;
harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.
This is a hymn very unlikely to be sung on a Sunday morning, unless the congregation is headed out to a march or protest immediately after worship.