Reason Is No Cause for Revelation

Music: Pavana & Galiardo: The Earle of Salisbury
By William Byrd. Sequenced by
John Sankey.

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Reason is no cause for revelation.
A moment comes and goes; a word endures.
More than sense must underlie sensation.
A holy mind and heart such faith secures.
Depend, then, on your fasting to awaken
A love of Allah easily forsaken.
Nor is there mooring save where hunger moors.

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