[Applause fades; piano and a sustained guitar note] [Spoken - Vox, quiet and clear] Augustine doesn't finish this work by dismissing reason. He places himself under Christ's authority, and still longs to understand what he believes. He also speaks of God coming down to our human condition to help us return. This next song is a prayer at the edge of what one searching person can manage alone. The help we receive can lead us further into understanding. Listen for that as we sing Where Reason Ends. [Piano completes the original opening phrase] [Original song - retain its melody and lyric order] I traced the lines as far as they would go Each proof each thought each undertow But reason reached a breaking place And all that stood was silent grace No map could chart the aching soul No system ever made me whole And yet beyond the final page A whisper stilled the skeptic’s rage It wasn’t less it was more A door behind the highest floor Where reason ends the light begins A softer truth that breaks the din It doesn’t shout it doesn’t boast But draws me near the unseen most Where reason ends I found a thread Not just in books but tears I shed I don’t renounce the mind I bear But some things breathe in deeper air The skeptic asks how can you know I only smile and let it glow There’s a kind of peace that reason missed And it began the day I risked Where reason ends the light begins A warmth that touches deeper sins Not just a rule not just a chart But something written in the heart Where reason ends I found a way Where night can turn into the day I do not cast reason aside But I let love take it where it could not go alone [Original final cadence completes; appreciative applause]
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