Even When God Is Silent

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Composer
Sumner Jenkins
Difficulty
Moderate radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Lent Season After Pentecost General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Keyboard [organ/piano] Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

Anonymous text found written on a basement wall in Cologne, Germany. It had been written by someone hiding from the Gestapo during the Nazi holocaust.  SATB a cappella. This is a powerful and moving testament to faith, beautifully set.

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Lyrics

I believe in the sun
even when it isn't shining.
I believe in love
even when feeling it not.
I believe in God
even when God is silent.
I believe in the silence.