Name: The Mountains Hold Their Secrets by Bruderhof Communities
Duration: 3 min 28 s
Description: Bruderhof members Margaret Potts and Erika Hildel (who, incidentally, enjoy hiking) wrote this song, “The Mountains Hold Their Secrets,” several decades ago and it’s been part of our Bruderhof summer repertoire ever since. Enjoy!

The mountains hold their secrets; Though we walk a hundred times Along the mountain pathways Hanging thick with crimson vines, Through green of forest shadow To the open mountain heights, We’ll always find new wonders there And share in new delights . . .    The stars on water’s surface Where it dances through the sun, The murmur and chuckle And the roaring of its run, The hidden springs that silently Feed lichen, moss, and fern, The lofty storm-flung treetops That will twist and toss and churn ; . . .    The pink-veined sorrel flower Treasured deep in forest dense, The view from sudden look-out rock Spread distant and immense, The boulders piled in careless heap Below a towering cliff, The soaring of a falcon Or the vulture’s spiral drift . . .   The beauties of the mountain trail That wait around each bend Are more than anyone of us Can ever comprehend. And so we’ll hike together Up each winding mountain way, Leaving secrets for tomorrow, Finding secrets for today.

Bruderhof members Margaret Potts and Erika Hildel (who, incidentally, enjoy hiking) wrote this song, “The Mountains Hold Their Secrets,” several decades ago and it’s been part of our Bruderhof summer repertoire ever since. Enjoy!

The Mountains Hold Their Secrets

The Bruderhof is an intentional Christian community; we live in twenty-three settlements on four continents.  The Bruderhof is all about loving God and loving our neighbor, and living out discipleship in the spirit of the first church. How do you follow Jesus?

The Mountains Hold Their Secrets

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