[Intro] Down to Samaria Down through the dust Over old divisions By the Spirit’s rush [Verse 1] A scattered voice came singing Where wounded people stayed The door was not expected But welcome found a way A town long held at distance Heard good news at last The Lord had crossed the border And mercy followed fast [Refrain] Open the way for the stranger Open the way for the sore Christ has gone over the border Walls cannot hold us anymore [Verse 2] The sick began to listen The bound began to rise A heavy silence loosened Like morning in their eyes Hands once closed in warning Reached out and received The ones they called as distant Stood near enough to believe [Refrain] Open the way for the stranger Open the way for the sore Christ has gone over the border Walls cannot hold us anymore [Break] [Bridge] Tell it in the valley Tell it on the hill Where the wounded gather Grace is moving still Old wounds lose their power Hard hearts start to bend The Lord makes kin from strangers And strangers into friends [Verse 3] The promise did not falter At boundary, name, or place The Spirit fell like morning On people far from grace What hatred called divided The Savior called His own A scattered church kept singing And Samaria became home [Final Refrain] Open the way for the stranger Open the way for the sore Christ has gone over the border Walls cannot hold us anymore Down to Samaria Down through the dust Over old divisions By the Spirit’s rush
