This hymn was written by ArtServe member David Lythgoe and won first prize in the 2012 Methodist Recorder poetry competition. David has composed a tune for it, based on the folk melody Scarborough Fair. 

There is a space on every mountain

only seen by those who look,

and the empty desert landscape

is a holy sacred book,

and the midnight sky that stretches

to the very edge of space

is ablaze with unseen glory

from our God of love and grace.

When a Schubert quintet pauses

and the notes hang on a prayer,

in the silence of that moment

you will know that God is there.

In the hollowed bowls of tulips

lies a heaven worth more than gold,

and the empty nests of skylarks

tell of joy they cannot hold.

You may glory in church windows,

in the stained glass, blue and green,

but God’s love is also painted

on the bare walls in-between.

Cherish all these sacred places

guard them well for you will find

they are holiness unwritten

on the pages of your mind.

© David Lythgoe, 2012